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BrLXXἘποίησε δὲ Ἰακὼβ οὕτως, καὶ ἀνεπλήρωσε τὰ ἕβδομα ταύτης· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Λάβαν Ῥαχὴλ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ γυναῖκα. (Epoiaʸse de Yakōb houtōs, kai aneplaʸrōse ta hebdoma tautaʸs; kai edōken autōi Laban Ɽaⱪaʸl taʸn thugatera autou autōi gunaika. )
BrTrAnd Jacob did so, and fulfilled her sevens; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.
ULTSo Jacob did so, and he fulfilled the week for that one. Then he gave to him Rachel his daughter as a wife for him.
USTSo Jacob agreed with Laban and did what he said: he finished celebrating his marriage to Leah that week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to marry.
BSB § And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
OEBJacob did so: he remained with Leah during the marriage week. Then Laban gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife,
WEBBEJacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
JPSAnd Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
ASVAnd Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
DRAHe yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel:
YLTAnd Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;
DrbyAnd Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week [with] this one, and he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife.
RVAnd Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
WbstrAnd Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also.
KJB-1769And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
KJB-1611And Iacob did so, and fulfilled her weeke: and he gaue him Rachel his daughter to wife also. (And Yacob did so, and fulfilled her weeke: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.)
BshpsAnd Iacob dyd euen so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gaue hym Rachel his daughter to wyfe also. (And Yacob did even so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.)
GnvaThen Iaakob did so, and fulfilled her seuen yeeres, so he gaue him Rahel his daughter to be his wife. (Then Yacob did so, and fulfilled her seven years, so he gave him Rahel his daughter to be his wife. )
CvdlIacob dyd so, & helde out yt weke. Then gaue he him Rachel his doughter to wyfe. (Yacob did so, and held out it weke. Then gave he him Rachel his doughter to wife.)
WycJacob assentide to the couenaunt, and whanne the wouke was passid, (Yacob assentide to the covenant, and when the wouke was passed,)
LuthJakob tat also und hielt die Woche aus. Da gab ihm Laban Rahel, seine Tochter, zum Weibe. (Yakob did also and hielt the week out. So gave him Laban Rahel, his Tochter, for_the Weibe.)
ClVgAcquievit placito: et hebdomada transacta, Rachel duxit uxorem: (Acquievit placito: and hebdomada transacta, Rachel duxit wife: )
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.
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.
