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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.
And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.
So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East.
Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.
"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?
Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
And Jacob said to them, "My brethren, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran."
And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maid.
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms In the vineyards of En Gedi.
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative and that he was Rebekah's son. So she ran and told her father.
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?"
And Laban said, "It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
Leah's eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.
Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter."
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.
Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.
"Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years."