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Genesis 29:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. "
Genesis 29:22
Verse in Context
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20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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Genesis 29:1
"Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east."
Genesis 29:2
"And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth."
Genesis 29:3
"And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place."
Genesis 29:4
"And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we."
Genesis 29:5
"And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him."
Genesis 29:6
"And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep."
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