THE HOLY BIBLE Authorized King James

Genesis (Author Moses)

29:21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

29:22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

29:23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

29:25And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

29:26And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

29:27Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

29:28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

31:36And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

31:37Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

31:38This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

31:39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

31:40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

31:41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

31:42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.



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