Good News Bible Anglicised

Genesis 29:22-29 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

22. So Laban gave a wedding feast and invited everyone.

23. But that night, instead of Rachel, he took Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had intercourse with her.

24. (Laban gave his slave woman Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.)

25. Not until the next morning did Jacob discover that it was Leah. He went to Laban and said, “Why did you do this to me? I worked to get Rachel. Why have you tricked me?”

26. Laban answered, “It is not the custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the elder.

27. Wait until the week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you will work for me another seven years.”

28. Jacob agreed, and when the week of marriage celebrations was over, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

29. (Laban gave his slave woman Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.)