New King James Version

Genesis 29:12-25 New King James Version (NKJV)

12. And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father.

13. Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things.

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

15. Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?”

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

17. Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.

18. Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”

19. And Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”

20. So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.

21. Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”

22. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.

23. Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.

24. And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.

25. So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?”