KJV King James Version
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
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Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
WEB World English Bible
Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
25 And 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?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
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וַיַּ֤עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doיַעֲקֹב֙H3290 · ya.a.qovJacobכֵּ֔ןH3651 · kenrightוַיְמַלֵּ֖אH4390 · ma.leto fillשְׁבֻ֣עַH7620 · sha.vu.aWeeksזֹ֑אתH2063 · zotthisוַיִּתֶּן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveל֛וֹH9033 · ohimאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רָחֵ֥לH7354 · ra.chelRachelבִּתּ֖וֹH1323 · batdaughterל֥וֹH9033 · ohimלְאִשָּֽׁה׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
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