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Genesis 29:13-24 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

13. And it happened that when Laban heard the message about Jacob, the son of his sister, he ran to meet him. And he embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

14. And Laban said to him, “Surely you are my flesh and my bone!” And he stayed with him a month.

15. Then Laban said to Jacob, “Just because you are my brother should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wage should be.”

16. Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

17. Now the eyes of Leah were dull, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

18. And Jacob loved Rachel and said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”

19. Then Laban said, “Better that I give her to you than I give her to another man. Stay with me.”

20. And Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, but they were as a few days in his eyes because he loved her.

21. And Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.”

22. So Laban gathered all the men of the place and prepared a feast.

23. And it happened that in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.

24. And Laban gave Zilpah his female servant to her, to Leah his daughter as a female servant.