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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 29, Verse 18

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Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
King James Version
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
American Standard Version
And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
New English Translation
Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said,“I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”
World English Bible
Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
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And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
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And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
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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.
24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid.
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
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And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.