New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 29:18-30

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.”

22So Labanלָבָ֛ןla.VanH3837gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622allכָּל־kol-H3605the peopleH376of the placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725and heldוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a feastמִשְׁתֶּֽה׃mish.TehH4960.

23Now in the eveningבָעֶ֔רֶבva.'E.revH6153he tookוַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.KachH3947his daughterבִתּ֔וֹvi.ToH1323Leahלֵאָ֣הle.'AhH3812and broughtH935her to him; and JacobhadH935relationsH935withH935her.

24Labanלָבָן֙la.VanH3837also gaveוַיִּתֵּ֤ןvai.yi.TenH5414his femaleH8198slaveH8198Zilpahזִלְפָּ֖הzil.PahH2153to his daughterבִתּ֖וֹvi.ToH1323Leahלְלֵאָ֥הle.le.'AhH3812as a slaveH8198.

25So it cameH1961aboutH1961in the morningבַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242that, beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009,it was Leahלֵאָ֑הle.'AhH3812!And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Labanלָבָ֗ןla.VanH3837, “Whatמַה־mah-H4100is thisH2088thatyou have doneעָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.taH6213to me? Was it not for Rachelבְרָחֵל֙ve.ra.ChelH7354that I servedעָבַ֣דְתִּי'a.Vad.tiH5647with you? Whyוְלָ֖מָּהve.La.mahH4100then have youdeceivedרִמִּיתָֽנִי׃ri.mi.Ta.niH7411me?”

26But Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “It is notthe practiceיֵעָשֶׂ֥ה כֵ֖ןye.'a.Seh khenH6213 H3651in our placeבִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּbim.ko.Me.nuH4725tomarryH5414offH5414the youngerהַצְּעִירָ֖הha.tze.'i.RahH6810beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the firstbornהַבְּכִירָֽה׃ha.be.khi.RahH1067.

27Completeמַלֵּ֖אma.Le'H4390the weekשְׁבֻ֣עַshe.Vu.a'H7620of thisH2088oneH2088,and we will giveוְנִתְּנָ֨הve.ni.te.NahH5414you the otherH2088alsoגַּם־gam-H1571for the serviceבַּעֲבֹדָה֙ba.'a.vo.DahH5656whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834you shall serveתַּעֲבֹ֣דta.'a.VodH5647with me, for anotherאֲחֵרֽוֹת׃'a.che.RotH312sevenשֶֽׁבַע־she.va'-H7651yearsשָׁנִ֥יםsha.NimH8141.”

28Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290didוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213soכֵּ֔ןKenH3651and completedוַיְמַלֵּ֖אvay.ma.Le'H4390her weekשְׁבֻ֣עַshe.Vu.a'H7620,and he gaveוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414him his daughterבִּתּ֖וֹbi.ToH1323Rachelרָחֵ֥לra.ChelH7354as his wifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

29Labanלָבָן֙la.VanH3837also gaveוַיִּתֵּ֤ןvai.yi.TenH5414his femaleH8198slaveH8198Bilhahבִּלְהָ֖הbil.HahH1090to his daughterבִּתּ֔וֹbi.ToH1323Rachelלְרָחֵ֣לle.ra.ChelH7354as her slaveH8198.

30So JacobhadH935relationsH935withH935Rachelרָחֵ֔לra.ChelH7354alsoגַּ֣םgamH1571,and indeedגַּֽם־gam-H1571he lovedוַיֶּאֱהַ֥בvai.ye.'e.HavH157Rachelרָחֵ֖לra.ChelH7354moreH4480thanH4480Leahמִלֵּאָ֑הmi.le.'AhH3812,and he servedוַיַּעֲבֹ֣דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647with Laban foranotherאֲחֵרֽוֹת׃'a.che.RotH312sevenשֶֽׁבַע־she.va'-H7651yearsשָׁנִ֥יםsha.NimH8141.

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