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Genesis 29:25 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?” "

Genesis 29:25

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23 In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.

24 Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.

25 In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

26 Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

27 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.”

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Leah

  • Reuben Leah is the mother of Reuben.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Simeon, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Simeon.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Levi, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Levi.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Judah, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Judah.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Issachar Leah is the mother of Issachar.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Zebulun Leah is the mother of Zebulun.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Dinah Leah is the mother of Dinah.
    Source: Genesis 34:1
    Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
    Read Genesis 34:1
  • Jacob Jacob is the husband of Leah.
    Source: Genesis 29:23; Genesis 29:25
    In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.
    Read Genesis 29:23
    In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”
    Read Genesis 29:25
  • Rachel Leah is the sister of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:16
    Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
    Read Genesis 29:16

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.

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Genesis 31:26

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"Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?"

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Genesis 30:16

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"Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night."

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Ruth 4:11

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"All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem."

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Malachi 2:14

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"Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant."

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Malachi 1:2

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"“I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;"

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Matthew 7:2

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"For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you."

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From This Chapter

Genesis 29:1

"Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east."

Genesis 29:2

"He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well’s mouth was large."

Genesis 29:3

"There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back on the well’s mouth in its place."

Genesis 29:4

"Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”"

Genesis 29:5

"He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”"

Genesis 29:6

"He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”"

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