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Genesis 29:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
Genesis 29:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 ¶ Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, that I may go in to her: for my [a]term is ended.
22 Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 But [b]when the evening was come, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him, and he went in unto her.
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- Genesis 29:21 Hebrew, my days are full.
- Genesis 29:23 The cause why Jacob was deceived was, that in old time the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband in sign of chastity and shamefastness.
Genesis 29:21-23
New International Version
Genesis 29:21-23
New International Version
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.(A)”
22 So Laban brought together all the people of the place and gave a feast.(B) 23 But when evening came, he took his daughter Leah(C) and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob made love to her.
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