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Genesis 29:25 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? "

Genesis 29:25

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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.

25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other 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, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Simeon, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Simeon, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Levi, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Levi, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Judah, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Judah, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and 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, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and 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, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Dinah Leah is the mother of Dinah.
    Source: Genesis 34:1
    And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto 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
    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.
    Read Genesis 29:23
    And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
    Read Genesis 29:25
  • Rachel Leah is the sister of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:16
    And 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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Rachel

  • Joseph, son of Jacob Rachel is the mother of Joseph, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Benjamin Rachel is the mother of Benjamin.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Jacob Jacob is the husband of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:28
    And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
    Read Genesis 29:28
  • Leah Leah is the sister of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:16
    And 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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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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