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Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
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A Rightful Claim
Commentators explain that Jacob's statement, 'my days are fulfilled,' was a formal and legal claim. He had completed the seven years of service he agreed to, and was not asking for a favor but demanding the wife who was his by contract.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 29:6: רחל rāchēl — Rachel, “a ewe.”
Genesis 29:16: לאה lê'âh — Leah, “we…
19th Century
Anglican
My days are fulfilled. —That is, the appointed time of service is completed. It was undeniably at the end of the seven years that the marr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob said unto Laban, give [me] my wife Meaning Rachel, who was his wife by contract; the conditions of her bei…
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