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But in the eveningוַיְהִי בָעֶרֶבhe tookוַיִּקַּחLeahאֶת לֵאָהhis daughterבִתּוֹand broughtוַיָּבֵאherאֹתָהּto him,אֵלָיוand he went inוַיָּבֹאto her.אֵלֶיהָ
Genesis 29:23
Study it in the app“But in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:23, word by word
- But in the eveningיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- But in the eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- he tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- his daughterבִתּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears- and broughtיָּבֵאyave
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appears
The context
22Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.
23 · This verse (above)
24Laban gave her Zilpah his slave woman, to Leah his daughter as a slave woman.
To study Genesis 29 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Jacob’s seven years of service were over, and what did he say to Laban (vv. 20-28)?
2. What it means
What irony is there in Jacob, who deceived his father, now being deceived by Laban (v. 25)?
3. How I live it
How can you stay honest with others even when the opposite would suit you better?