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Now Jacob ^(C1)loved Rachel, so he said, "^(C2)I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."

Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me."

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him like only a few days ^(C1)because of his love for her.

Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my ^(F1)time is completed, that I may ^(C1)have relations with her."

So Laban gathered all the people of the place and held a feast.

Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and Jacob had relations with her.

Laban also gave his female slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a slave.

So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, "^(C1)What is this that you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you ^(C2)deceived me?"

But Laban said, "It is not ^(F1)the practice in our place to ^(F2)marry off the younger before the firstborn.

"Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which ^(C1)you shall serve with me, for another seven years."