Amplified Bible

Genesis 29:21-27 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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.