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Jacobיַעֲקֹבdidוַיַּעַשׂso,כֵּןand completedוַיְמַלֵּאthe weekשְׁבֻעַof this one;זֹאתand he gaveוַיִּתֶּןhimלוֹRachelאֶת רָחֵלhis daughterבִּתּוֹas hisלוֹwife.לְאִשָּׁה
Genesis 29:28
Study it in the app“Jacob did so, and completed the week of this one; and he gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:28, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- and completedיְמַלֵּאyemale
be fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “yemale” 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 he gaveיִּתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- Rachelרָחֵלrachel
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appears- his daughterבִּתּbit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bit” appears- wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
Translation note
The story tells that Jacob had two wives, sisters, and the jealousy and disputes between them (29:30-30:24), without commenting on it. Later the law forbids taking a wife’s sister as a wife while the wife is living (Leviticus 18:18).
The context
27Complete 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.”
28 · This verse (above)
29Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his slave woman, to her 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?