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BSB But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
OEB In the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob received her as his wife.
WEBBE In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
LSV And it comes to pass in the evening, that he takes his daughter Leah, and brings her to him, and he goes in to her;
FBV But once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
T4T But that evening, instead of taking Rachel to Jacob, Laban took his older daughter, Leah, to him. But because it was already dark, he could not see that it was Leah and not Rachel, and he had sex [EUP] with her.
LEB And it happened that in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.
BBE And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.
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JPS 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.
ASV 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.
DRA And at night he brought in Lia his daughter to him,
YLT And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;
Drby And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her.
RV 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.
Wbstr And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her.
KJB-1769 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.
KJB-1611 And it came to passe in the euening, that he tooke Leah his daughter, and brought her to him, and he went in vnto her.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps And when euen was come, he toke Lea his daughter, and brought her to hym, and he went in to her.
(And when evening was come, he took Lea his daughter, and brought her to him, and he went in to her.)
Gnva But whe the euening was come, he tooke Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in vnto her.
(But when the evening was come, he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in unto her. )
Cvdl But at eue he toke his doughter Lea, and brought her in vnto him, and he laye wt her.
(But at eue he took his doughter Lea, and brought her in unto him, and he lay with her.)
Wyc and in the euentid Laban brouyte in to hym Lya his douytir,
(and in the eventide/evening Laban brought in to him Lya his douytir,)
Luth Des Abends aber nahm er seine Tochter Lea und brachte sie zu ihm hinein; und er lag bei ihr.
(Des Abends but took he his Tochter Lea and brought they/she/them to him hinein; and he lag at ihr.)
ClVg Et vespere Liam filiam suam introduxit ad eum,
(And vespere Liam daughterm his_own introduxit to him, )
BrTr And it was even, and he took his daughter Lea, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.
BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα, καὶ λαβὼν Λείαν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ, εἰσήγαγεν πρὸς Ἰακὼβ, καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ.
(Kai egeneto hespera, kai labōn Leian taʸn thugatera autou, eisaʸgagen pros Yakōb, kai eisaʸlthe pros autaʸn Yakōb. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב
and=he/it_was in/on/at/with,evening
Alternate translation: “However this is what happened that evening:”
וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת לֵאָ֣ה בִתּ֔וֹ וַיָּבֵ֥א אֹתָ֖הּ אֵלָ֑יו
and=he/it_took DOM Lēʼāh daughter,his and=he/it_brought DOM=her/it to=him/it
Alternate translation: “Laban took Leah to Jacob instead of Rachel,”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיָּבֹ֖א
and,went_in
Make sure it is clear in your translation that he refers here to Jacob, not Laban. Alternate translation: “so he” or “so that Jacob”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
וַיָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶֽיהָ
and,went_in to,her
Make sure that your translation of he refers here to Jacob, not Laban. See how you translated the euphemism went to in Gen 16:4 (and “go to” in Gen 16:2 and 29:21). Translate this in a way that is natural, clear, and acceptable for reading in public. Alternate translation: “so that he had sexual relations with Leah.” or “so he slept with Leah.” or “spent the night with her”
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Genesis 21-35
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.