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Completeמַלֵּאthe weekשְׁבֻעַof this one,זֹאתand we will giveוְנִתְּנָהyouלְךָthat oneאֶת זֹאתtoo,גַּםfor the serviceבַּעֲבֹדָהthatאֲשֶׁרyou will serveתַּעֲבֹדwith meעִמָּדִיyet anotherעוֹד אֲחֵרוֹתsevenשֶׁבַעyears.”שָׁנִים
Genesis 29:27
Study it in the app“Complete the week of this one, and we will give you that one too, for the service that you will serve with me yet another seven years.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:27, word by word
- Completeמַלֵּאmale
be fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “male” appears- the weekשְׁבֻעַshevua
week
Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.
Where else “shevua” appears- and we will giveנִתְּנָהnitna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitna” appears- for the serviceעֲבֹדָהavoda
bondage
Work imposed by another, or the hard burden of one who does it as a slave.
Where else “avoda” appears- you will serveתַּעֲבֹדtaavod
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “taavod” appears- with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears- yet anotherאֲחֵרוֹתacherot
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherot” appears- sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears
Translation note
The wedding feast lasted seven days (compare Judges 14:12).
The context
26Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27 · This verse (above)
28Jacob did so, and completed the week of this one; and he gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife.
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?