Genesis 29:21
Good News Translation
Then Jacob said to Laban, "The time is up; let me marry your daughter."

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.”

Contemporary English Version
Jacob said to Laban, "The time is up, and I want to marry Rachel now!"

New American Bible
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, that I may consummate my marriage with her, for my term is now completed.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Give me.

Matthew 1:18 Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.

my days.

Genesis 29:18,20 And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. . . .

Genesis 31:41 And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.

go in.

Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.

Genesis 38:16 And going to her, he said: Suffer me to lie with thee: for he knew her not to be his daughter-in-law. And she answered: What wilt thou give me to enjoy my company?

Judges 15:1 And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber, as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying:

Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love. 21And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.22And he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage.…
Cross References
Genesis 29:22
And he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage.

Deuteronomy 22:13
If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her,

Judges 15:1
And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber, as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying:

Genesis 29:20
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