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Scripture Context
Genesis 29:14 - Genesis 29:24
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
16 And Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender-eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give unto me my wife, that I may go and take her, for my days of serving thee are fulfilled.
22 And Laban gave her to Jacob, and gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob, and she went in and slept with him.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah, his handmaid, to be a handmaid for her.