Genesis 29:21-28 And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.… But the fraud of Laban was not only a moral offence in itself; it was the more deplorable, as it destroyed the principle of monogamy to which the patriarchs on the whole adhered. Jacob had intended to marry Rachel alone; and when he found himself, against his will, allied with Leah, his heart could not renounce her from whom he expected the best part of his happiness; he took her to wife besides Leah; nor was he permitted to dismiss the latter after the solemnization of the marriage. (M. M. Kalisch, Ph. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.WEB: Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her." |
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