29:25 In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! 3 So Jacob 4 said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me! 5 Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked 6 me?” 29:26 “It is not our custom here,” 7 Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage 8 before the firstborn. 29:27 Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. 9 Then we will give you the younger one 10 too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” 11
29:28 Jacob did as Laban said. 12 When Jacob 13 completed Leah’s bridal week, 14 Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 15 29:29 (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) 16 29:30 Jacob 17 had marital relations 18 with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban 19 for seven more years. 20
29:31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, 21 he enabled her to become pregnant 22 while Rachel remained childless. 29:32 So Leah became pregnant 23 and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, 24 for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. 25 Surely my husband will love me now.”