27 Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.” 28 And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29 Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
Genesis 29:27–29
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Book of Jubilees 28:8–10
8 And Laban said to Jacob: 'Let the seven days of the feast of this one pass by, and I shall give thee Rachel, that thou mayst serve me another seven years, that thou mayst pasture my sheep as thou didst in the former week.' (JUB) 9 And on the day when the seven days of… (JUB)
Genesis 30:3–5
3 Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.” 4 So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her, 5 and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
Genesis 29:22–24
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.
Genesis 29:17–19
17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful. 18 Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” 19 Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
Book of Jubilees 28:2–4
2 And in the first year of the third week [2122 A.M.] he said unto him: 'Give me my wife, for whom I have served thee seven years '; and Laban said unto Jacob: 'I will give thee thy wife.' (JUB) 3 And Laban made a feast, and took Leah his elder daughter, and gave (her)… (JUB) 4 … (JUB)
Genesis 30:8–10
8 Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. 10 And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
Testament of Issachar 1:20–22
20 For He knew that for the sake of children she wished to company with Jacob, and not for lust of pleasure. (T12) 21 For on the morrow also she again gave up Jacob. (T12) 22 Because of the mandrakes, therefore, the Lord hearkened to Rachel. (T12)
Testament of Issachar 1:6–8
6 Now these mandrakes were sweet-smelling apples which were produced in the land of Haran below a ravine of water. (T12) 7 And Rachel said: I will not give them to thee, but they shall be to me instead of children. (T12) 8 For the Lord hath despised me, and I have not borne chil… (T12)
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