Lexham English Bible

Genesis 29:21-26 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

25. And it happened that in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Now why did you deceive me?”

26. Then Laban said, “It is not the custom in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.