Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"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." — Genesis 29:23 (ASV)
He took Leah his daughter. —As the bride is taken to the bridegroom’s house closely veiled (see Note on Genesis 24:65), and as probably there was some similarity in voice and form between the two sisters, this deception was quite easy. But Leah must have been a party to the fraud, and therefore Jacob’s dislike of her was not altogether without reason.