Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your f
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.