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And Laban said to him, Truly you are my bone and my flesh. And he lived with him a month of days.

And Laban said to Jacob, are you not my brother? And should you serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall be your wages?

And Laban had two daughters, the name of the older, Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

And the eyes of Leah were weak, and Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.

And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

And Laban said, It is better for me to give her to you than to give her to another man; live with me.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes like a few days, in his love for her.

And Jacob said to Laban, Give my wife, for my days are completed. And let me go in to her.

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

And it happened in the evening, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and he went in to her.

And Laban gave to her Zilpah, his slave-girl, to his daughter Leah as a slave.

And it happened in the morning; behold! She was Leah. And he said to Laban, What have you done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? And why have you tricked me?

And Laban said, It is not done this way in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

Fulfill the week of this one and we will also give you this other one, for the service which you will serve with me, yet another seven years.

And Jacob did so, and he fulfilled the week of this one, and he gave to him his daughter Rachel, to him for a wife.

And Laban gave his slave-girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel, to her for a slave-girl.

And he also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.