Scripture · Old Testament
Genesis 29:23
Genesis 29:23 is verse 23 of Genesis chapter 29, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.
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Genesis 29:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
22 So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
23 But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
25 When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
Read all of Genesis 29Hebrew words
וַיְהִ֣יand it wasבָעֶ֔רֶבin the eveningוַיִּקַּח֙and he tookאֶת<obj.>לֵאָ֣הLeahבִתּ֔וֹdaughter hisוַיָּבֵ֥אand he broughtאֹתָ֖הּ<obj.> herאֵלָ֑יוto himוַיָּבֹ֖אand he wentאֵלֶֽיהָinto her
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