Genesis 29:16–28

¹⁶Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel. ¹⁷Leah had tender eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful. ¹⁸Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”ⁱ

¹⁹Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay with me.” ²⁰So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

²¹Then Jacob said to Laban, “Since my time is complete, give me my wife, so I can sleep with^E her.” ²²So Laban invited all the men of the place and sponsored a feast. ²³That evening, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her. ²⁴And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.

²⁵When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, “What have you done to me? Wasn’t it for Rachel that I worked for you? Why have you deceived me?”

²⁶Laban answered, “It is not the custom in our country to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn. ²⁷Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

²⁸And Jacob did just that. He finished the week of celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.