Genesis 29:25

And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban: 'What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

In Context

24And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

26And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:35And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.'

Genesis 31:26And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?

Proverbs 11:31Behold, the righteous shall be requited in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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 →

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