18. And Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, I will work for you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
19. And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than to another man. Stay and live with me.
20. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
21. Finally, Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my time is completed, so that I may take her to me.
22. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast [with drinking].
23. But when night came, he took Leah his daughter and brought her to [Jacob], who had intercourse with her.
24. And Laban gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah to be her maid.
25. But in the morning [Jacob saw his wife, and] behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not work for you [all those seven years] for Rachel? Why then have you deceived and cheated and thrown me down [like this]?
26. And Laban said, It is not permitted in our country to give the younger [in marriage] before the elder.
27. Finish the [wedding feast] week [for Leah]; then we will give you [Rachel] also, and you shall work for me yet seven more years in return.
28. So Jacob complied and fulfilled [Leah's] week; then [Laban] gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife.