New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 29:18-21

18Now Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290lovedוַיֶּאֱהַ֥בvai.ye.'e.HavH157Rachelרָחֵ֑לra.ChelH7354,so he saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “I will serveאֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙'e.'e.va.de.KhaH5647you sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141for your youngerהַקְּטַנָּֽה׃ha.ke.ta.NahH6996daughterבִּתְּךָ֖bi.te.KhaH1323Rachelבְּרָחֵ֥לbe.ra.ChelH7354.”

19Labanלָבָ֗ןla.VanH3837saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “It is betterט֤וֹבTovH2896that I giveתִּתִּ֣יti.TiH5414her to you thanH4480to giveמִתִּתִּ֥יmi.ti.TiH5414her to anotherאַחֵ֑ר'a.CherH312manלְאִ֣ישׁle.'IshH376;stayשְׁבָ֖הshe.VahH3427with me.”

20So Jacobיַעֲקֹ֛בya.'a.KoH3290servedוַיַּעֲבֹ֧דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141for Rachelבְּרָחֵ֖לbe.ra.ChelH7354,and they seemedוַיִּהְי֤וּ בְעֵינָיו֙vai.yih.Yu ve.'ei.NavH1961 H5869to him like onlya fewאֲחָדִ֔ים'a.cha.DimH259daysכְּיָמִ֣יםke.ya.MimH3117because of his loveבְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹbe.'a.ha.va.ToH160for her.

21Then Jacobיַעֲקֹ֤בya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Labanלָבָן֙la.VanH3837, “Giveהָבָ֣הha.VahH3051memy wifeאִשְׁתִּ֔י'ish.TiH802, for mytimeיָמָ֑יya.MaiH3117is completedמָלְא֖וּmal.'UH4390, that I mayhaveH935relationsH935withH935her.”

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