29:15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work ¹  for me for nothing because you are my relative? ²  Tell me what your wages should be.” 29:16 (Now Laban had two daughters; ³  the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel. 29:17 Leah’s eyes were tender, ⁴  but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.) ⁵  29:18 Since Jacob had fallen in love with ⁶  Rachel, he said, “I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.” 29:19 Laban replied, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. ⁷  Stay with me.” 29:20 So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. ⁸  But they seemed like only a few days to him ⁹  because his love for her was so great. ¹⁰ 

29:21 Finally Jacob said ¹¹  to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. ¹²  I want to have marital relations with her.” ¹³  29:22 So Laban invited all the people ¹⁴  of that place and prepared a feast. 29:23 In the evening he brought his daughter Leah ¹⁵  to Jacob, ¹⁶  and Jacob ¹⁷  had marital relations with her. ¹⁸  29:24 (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) ¹⁹ 

29:25 In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! ²⁰  So Jacob ²¹  said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me! ²²  Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked ²³  me?” 29:26 “It is not our custom here,” ²⁴  Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage ²⁵  before the firstborn. 29:27 Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. ²⁶  Then we will give you the younger one ²⁷  too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” ²⁸ 

29:28 Jacob did as Laban said. ²⁹  When Jacob ³⁰  completed Leah’s bridal week, ³¹  Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. ³²  29:29 (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) ³³  29:30 Jacob ³⁴  had marital relations ³⁵  with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban ³⁶  for seven more years. ³⁷ 

29:31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, ³⁸  he enabled her to become pregnant ³⁹  while Rachel remained childless. 29:32 So Leah became pregnant ⁴⁰  and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, ⁴¹  for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. ⁴²  Surely my husband will love me now.”

29:33 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, ⁴³  he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon. ⁴⁴ 

29:34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection, ⁴⁵  because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi. ⁴⁶ 

29:35 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. ⁴⁷  Then she stopped having children.

30:4 So Rachel ¹  gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with ²  her.

30:9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave ³  her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.