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Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
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A Week, Not Seven Years
Commentators clarify that Jacob did not wait another seven years to marry Rachel. He fulfilled the seven-day wedding feast for Leah, and then immediately married Rachel. The second seven years of labor was the price he agreed to pay for this second, immediate marriage, not a waiting period.
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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
He gave him Rachel ... to wife also. —After the monogamy of Abraham, and the stricter monogamy of Isaac, how did Jacob come to mar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week The week of the days of the feast of Leah, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; …
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