Genesis 29:21
Then Jacob said to Laban, “I've completed the time we agreed. Now give me your daughter to be my wife.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
In Context
22So Laban organized a wedding banquet and invited everyone around to come.
Cross References
Genesis 29:18Jacob was in love with Rachel so he promised Laban, “I'll do seven years work for you for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
Genesis 31:41I worked fourteen years for your two daughters, and six more years with your flocks. You reduced my wages ten times!
Judges 15:1Some time later when the wheat was being harvested, Samson went to pay his wife a visit, taking with him a young goat as a present. “I want to go to my wife in her bedroom,” he said when he arrived, but her father would not let him go in.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:16-31
Jacob's Marriage. ( b. c. 1753.) 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I… Read the whole commentary →