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Selected Verse: Genesis 29:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 29:28 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jacob [03290] did [06213] so, and fulfilled [04390] her week [07620]: and he gave [05414] him Rachel [07354] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802] also. |
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King James |
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| gave him Rachel also--It is evident that the marriage of both sisters took place nearly about the same time, and that such a connection was then allowed, though afterwards prohibited (Lev 18:18). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And Jacob did so - and he gave him Rachel - It is perfectly plain that Jacob did not serve seven years more before he got Rachel to wife; but having spent a week with Leah, and in keeping the marriage feast, he then got Rachel, and served afterwards seven years for her. Connections of this kind are now called incestuous; but it appears they were allowable in those ancient times. In taking both sisters, it does not appear that any blame attached to Jacob, though in consequence of it he was vexed by their jealousies. It was probably because of this that the law was made, Thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, besides the other in her life-time. After this, all such marriages were strictly forbidden. |
18 Neither shalt thou take [03947] a wife [0802] to her sister [0269], to vex [06887] her, to uncover [01540] her nakedness [06172], beside the other in her life [02416] time.