Study it in the app“In the morning, look, she was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why have you deceived me?””
In the morning,וַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶרlook,וְהִנֵּהsheהִואwas Leah!לֵאָהAnd he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Laban,אֶל לָבָן“Whatמַהis thisזֹּאתyou have doneעָשִׂיתָto me?לִּיWas it notהֲלֹאfor Rachelבְרָחֵלthat I servedעָבַדְתִּיwith you?עִמָּךְWhyוְלָמָּהhave you deceived me?”רִמִּיתָנִי
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To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsmorning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appearsLeah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsLaban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsRachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “avadti” appearsdeceive
To deceive or betray someone.
Where else “rimita” appears24Laban gave her Zilpah his slave woman, to Leah his daughter as a slave woman.
25 · This verse (above)
26Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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?
