¹⁶ Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah,^(A) and the name of the younger was Rachel.^(B)

¹¹ Then the elders and all the people at the gate^(A) said, “We are witnesses.^(B) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,^(C) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah^(D) and be famous in Bethlehem.^(E)

³¹ There Abraham^(A) and his wife Sarah^(B) were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah^(C) were buried, and there I buried Leah.^(D)

¹⁵ These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,^[a](A) besides his daughter Dinah.^(B) These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

⁴ So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were.

¹⁹ Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

²⁵ When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me?^(A) I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?^(B)”

²⁶ Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.^{(C) 27} Finish this daughter’s bridal week;^(D) then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.^(E)”

²⁸ And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.^{(F) 29} Laban gave his servant Bilhah^(G) to his daughter Rachel as her attendant.^{(H) 30} Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah.^(I) And he worked for Laban another seven years.^(J)

Jacob’s Children

³¹ When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,^(K) he enabled her to conceive,^(L) but Rachel remained childless. ³² Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.^(M) She named him Reuben,^[a](N) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.^(O) Surely my husband will love me now.”

¹⁷ Leah had weak^[a] eyes, but Rachel^(A) had a lovely figure and was beautiful.^(B)