Genesis 29:21
Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
In Context
20Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
22Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Cross References
Genesis 29:18Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
Genesis 31:41These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
Judges 15:1But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to my wife’s room.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:16-31
Jacob's Marriage. ( b. c. 1753.) 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I… Read the whole commentary →