The Scriptures 1998

Genesis 29:15-23 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

15. Then Laḇan said to Ya‛aqoḇ, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for naught? Let me know, what should your wages be?”

16. And Laḇan had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lĕ’ah, and the name of the younger was Raḥĕl.

17. And Lĕ’ah’s eyes were weak, but Raḥĕl was lovely of form and appearance.

18. And Ya‛aqoḇ loved Raḥĕl, so he said, “Let me serve you seven years for Raḥĕl your younger daughter.”

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

20. So Ya‛aqoḇ served seven years for Raḥĕl, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

21. Then Ya‛aqoḇ said to Laḇan, “Give me my wife, for my days are completed, and let me go in to her.”

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

23. And it came to be in the evening, that he took Lĕ’ah his daughter and brought her to Ya‛aqoḇ. And he went in to her.