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then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/29.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“But wait until the bridal week is over; then we’ll give you Rachel, too—provided you promise to work another seven years for me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me, for another seven years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After you spend this week with Leah, you may also marry Rachel. But you will have to work for me another seven years." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Finish the week of wedding festivities with this daughter. Then we will give you the other one too. But you'll have to work for me another seven years."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Wait until the week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you will work for me another seven years." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Fulfill the week for this daughter, then we'll give you the other one in exchange for serving me another seven years."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Finish this week?s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Complete my older daughter's bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Fulfill the week of this one, and I will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me another seven years."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />fulfill the period of seven [for] this one, and we also give to you this one, for the service which you serve with me yet seven other years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Make up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Complete a week of days with this mating. And then I will give this one to you also, for the service that you will provide to me for another seven years.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Finish the bridal week for this one, and then the other will also be given to you in return for another seven years of service with me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Finish the wedding feast for this one, and then I will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me yet another seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Complete the wedding of this one and I shall give her to you also for the service that you will serve again with me for seven more years.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Fulfil then her sevens, and I will give to thee her also in return for thy labour, which thou labourest with me, yet seven other years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/29-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=7114" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/29.htm">Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mal·lê (V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">Finish</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/7620.htm" title="7620: šə·ḇu·a‘ (N-msc) -- Or shabuan; also shbu.ah; properly, passive participle of shaba' as a denominative of sheba'; literal, sevened, i.e. A week.">week’s celebration,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nit·tə·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and we will give</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">the younger one</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: ta·‘ă·ḇōḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">in return for</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">another</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘- (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years</a> <a href="/hebrew/5978.htm" title="5978: ‘im·mā·ḏî (Prep:: 1cs) -- Along with, against, by, from"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: ba·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">of work.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Genesis 31:41</a></span><br />Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-26.htm">Genesis 30:26-28</a></span><br />Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.” / But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.” / And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-55.htm">Genesis 24:55</a></span><br />But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a></span><br />For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Genesis 25:20</a></span><br />and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2</a></span><br />“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-67.htm">Genesis 24:67</a></span><br />And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-7.htm">Genesis 31:7</a></span><br />And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38</a></span><br />I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Exodus 21:2</a></span><br />If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-18.htm">Leviticus 18:18</a></span><br />You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5</a></span><br />When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm">Ruth 4:10</a></span><br />Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-27.htm">1 Samuel 18:27</a></span><br />David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44</a></span><br />But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Fulfill her week, and we will give you this also for the service which you shall serve with me yet seven other years.</p><p class="hdg">week.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2,3</a></b></br> And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10-12</a></b></br> And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-18.htm">Leviticus 18:18</a></b></br> Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex <i>her</i>, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life <i>time</i>.</p><p class="hdg">we will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-20.htm">Genesis 29:20</a></b></br> And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him <i>but</i> a few days, for the love he had to her.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">Addition</a> <a href="/luke/5-35.htm">Bridal</a> <a href="/luke/12-36.htm">Bride-Feast</a> <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-24.htm">Daughter's</a> <a href="/genesis/27-30.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Finish</a> <a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/revelation/17-17.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/genesis/29-24.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/genesis/29-25.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/genesis/26-14.htm">Service</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/genesis/29-20.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/24-55.htm">Week</a> <a href="/genesis/29-20.htm">Work</a> <a href="/genesis/29-26.htm">Younger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/29-33.htm">Addition</a> <a href="/genesis/34-12.htm">Bridal</a> <a href="/luke/12-36.htm">Bride-Feast</a> <a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-10.htm">Daughter's</a> <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-9.htm">Finish</a> <a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/genesis/29-29.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/genesis/31-44.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/genesis/30-26.htm">Service</a> <a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/genesis/29-30.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/29-28.htm">Week</a> <a href="/genesis/30-26.htm">Work</a> <a href="/genesis/43-29.htm">Younger</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Jacob comes to the well of Haran.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-9.htm">He becomes acquainted with Rachel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-13.htm">Laban entertains him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-18.htm">Jacob covenants for Rachel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-23.htm">He is deceived by Laban with Leah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-28.htm">He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-32.htm">Leah bears Reuben;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-33.htm">Simeon;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-34.htm">Levi;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-35.htm">and Judah.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase refers to the completion of Leah's bridal week. The cultural practice was to honor the bride with a full week of festivities, which underscores the importance of marriage in the community. This period was a time of joy and feasting, reflecting the communal nature of marriage. The completion of this week was necessary before any further marital arrangements could be made.<p><b>and we will give you the younger one</b><br>Laban's promise to give Rachel, the younger daughter, to Jacob highlights the cultural significance of birth order and marriage customs. Typically, the elder daughter would marry first, but Laban's deception led to Leah's marriage to Jacob. This phrase indicates Laban's willingness to fulfill Jacob's original desire to marry Rachel, albeit under manipulated circumstances. The mention of "the younger one" also foreshadows the ongoing theme of sibling rivalry and favoritism, which is prevalent throughout Genesis.<p><b>in return for another seven years of work.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the concept of servitude and labor as a form of dowry or bride price, which was common in ancient times. Jacob's agreement to work another seven years for Rachel demonstrates his deep love and commitment to her. The number seven is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing completeness or perfection. This additional period of service also reflects the broader biblical theme of patience and perseverance in the face of trials. Jacob's experience can be seen as a type of Christ, who also endured suffering and labor for the sake of His bride, the Church.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac, and brother of Esau. He is in Haran working for Laban to marry Rachel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/laban.htm">Laban</a></b><br>Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, who deceives Jacob by giving him Leah instead of Rachel after seven years of labor.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/leah.htm">Leah</a></b><br>Laban's elder daughter, whom Jacob is tricked into marrying.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rachel.htm">Rachel</a></b><br>Laban's younger daughter, whom Jacob loves and originally worked seven years to marry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/haran.htm">Haran</a></b><br>The place where Laban and his family live, and where Jacob has fled to escape his brother Esau.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_adversity.htm">Perseverance in Adversity</a></b><br>Jacob's willingness to work another seven years for Rachel demonstrates perseverance and commitment, even in the face of deceit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_deception.htm">The Consequences of Deception</a></b><br>Laban's deceitful actions serve as a reminder of the moral and relational consequences of dishonesty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_human_affairs.htm">God's Sovereignty in Human Affairs</a></b><br>Despite human deception, God's plan for Jacob's life continues to unfold, showing His sovereignty and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_patience_and_long-suffering.htm">The Value of Patience and Long-Suffering</a></b><br>Jacob's account encourages believers to exercise patience and trust in God's timing, even when circumstances are challenging.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_dynamics_and_god's_plan.htm">Family Dynamics and God's Plan</a></b><br>The complex family relationships in Jacob's life illustrate how God can work through imperfect situations to fulfill His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_daniel's_70_weeks_mean.htm">What do the seventy weeks of Daniel signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_traditions_in_a_jewish_wedding.htm">What are the key traditions in a Jewish wedding?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_biblical_meaning_of_7.htm">What is the biblical significance of the number seven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_judges_14_10-12_customs.htm">Is there any archaeological evidence supporting the wedding feast customs described in Judges 14:10–12? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Fulfil her week.</span>--The marriage festival seems to have lasted a week, as was the custom in later times (<a href="/judges/14-12.htm" title="And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you: if you can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:">Judges 14:12</a>), and. to have forsaken Leah during this period would have been to offer her an insult which her brothers must have avenged. Appeased, therefore, by the promise of Rachel as soon as the seven days are over, Jacob, rather than quarrel with the whole family, submits to the wrong. The Hebrew is remarkable, "Fulfil the week of this, and we will give to thee also the this for the service." But in Hebrew <span class= "ital">this </span>. . . <span class= "ital">this </span>means <span class= "ital">the one </span>and <span class= "ital">the other </span>(<a href="/genesis/31-38.htm" title="This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.">Genesis 31:38</a>; <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm" title="Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times.">Genesis 31:41</a>), and it is a mistake to suppose that the language will allow the first <span class= "ital">this </span>to be understood of any one but Leah, and <span class= "ital">the </span>second <span class= "ital">this </span>of any one but Rachel.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Fulfill her week</span>, - literally, <span class="accented">make full the week of this otis</span>, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. of Leah, if Leah was given to Jacob on the first night of the festivities (Calmer, Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch, Lange, Ainsworth); but id Leah was married at the close of the seven days, then it must refer to Rachel s week (Bush, Murphy) - <span class="cmt_word">and we</span> (including Laban's wife and eldest son, as in <a href="/genesis/24-50.htm">Genesis 24:50, 55</a>) <span class="cmt_word">will give thee this also</span> (<span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. Rachel) <span class="cmt_word">for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.</span> Almost every motive that is mean, base, and despicable appears in this behavior of Laban's; if he attached little value to his daughters' affections, he had a keen appreciation of Jacob's qualities as a shepherd. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/29-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Finish</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלֵּ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(mal·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֑את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">week’s celebration,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁבֻ֣עַ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḇu·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7620.htm">Strong's 7620: </a> </span><span class="str2">A period of seven (days, years), heptad, week</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and we will give</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִתְּנָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nit·tə·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">לְךָ֜</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">the younger one</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֗את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">in return for</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲבֹ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·ḇōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥê·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, next, other</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶֽׁבַע־</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of work.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲבֹדָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Work of any kind</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/29-27.htm">OT Law: Genesis 29:27 Fulfill the week of this one (Gen. 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