11. Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
12. He had told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and a son of Rebekah. So she ran and told her father.
13. As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.
14. Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,
15. Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
16. Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17. Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.
18. Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”
19. Laban said, “It’s better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.”
20. So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
21. Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.”
22. So Laban brought together all the people of the place and gave a feast.
23. But when evening came, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob made love to her.
24. And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter as her attendant.
25. When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?”
26. Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.
27. Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.”