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NETIn the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
LSVAnd it comes to pass in the evening, that he takes his daughter Leah, and brings her to him, and he goes in to her;
FBVBut once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
T4TBut 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.
LEBAnd it happened that in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.
BBEAnd in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.
JPSAnd it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
ASVAnd it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
DRAAnd at night he brought in Lia his daughter to him,
YLTAnd 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;
DrbyAnd it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her.
RVAnd it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
WbstrAnd 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-1769And 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-1611And 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)
BshpsAnd 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.)
GnvaBut 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. )
CvdlBut at eue he toke his doughter Lea, and brought her in vnto him, and he laye wt her. (But at eue he took his daughter Lea, and brought her in unto him, and he lay with her.)
Wycland in the euentid Laban brouyte in to hym Lya his douytir, (and in the eventide/evening Laban brought in to him Lya his douytir,)
LuthDes 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.)
ClVgEt vespere Liam filiam suam introduxit ad eum, (And vespere Liam daughterm his_own introduxit to him, )
29:14-30 Jacob’s joyful prospect of marriage to the lovely Rachel became an occasion for Laban’s shrewdness and Jacob’s discipline. Jacob and his mother had deceived his father and brother to gain the blessing; now his mother’s brother deceived him. Jacob received a dose of his own duplicity through twenty years of labor, affliction, and deception in Laban’s service (31:38). In God’s justice, people harvest what they plant (Gal 6:7). Laban’s deception was perfectly designed to make Jacob aware of his own craftiness. God often brings people into the lives of believers to discipline them. But Jacob was tenacious, and God blessed him abundantly with a large family and many possessions (30:25-43) during this time of service.
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”
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.
