Genesis 29 · Verse 28

Genesis 29:28

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

Genesis 29:28, King James Version

Genesis 29:28 in other translations

BSB	And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
WEB	Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
ASV	And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
YLT	And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;
DARBY	And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week with this one, and he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife.
BBE	And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
Webster	And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also.

What does Genesis 29:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

28. gave him Rachel also--It is evident that the marriage of both sisters took place nearly about the same time, and that such a connection was then allowed, though afterwards prohibited (Le 18:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 28 And Jacob did so - and he gave him Rachel - It is perfectly plain that Jacob did not serve seven years more before he got Rachel to wife; but having spent a week with Leah, and in keeping the marriage feast, he then got Rachel, and served afterwards seven years for her. Connections of this kind are now called incestuous; but it appears they were allowable in those ancient times. In taking both sisters, it does not appear that any blame attached to Jacob, though in consequence of it he was vexed by their jealousies. It was probably because of this that the law was made, Thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, besides the other in her life-time. After this, all such marriages were strictly forbidden.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 29:15-30

During the month that Jacob spent as a guest, he was not idle. Wherever we are, it is good to employ ourselves in some useful business. Laban was desirous that Jacob should continue with him. Inferior relations must not be imposed upon; it is our duty to reward them. Jacob made known to Laban the affection he had for his daughter Rachel. And having no wordly goods with which to endow her, he promises seven years'…

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Genesis 29:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213

יַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacobH3290

כֵּ֔ןKenthusH3651

וַיְמַלֵּ֖אvay.ma.Le'and he completedH4390

שְׁבֻ֣עַshe.Vu.a'[the] week ofH7620

זֹ֑אתZotthis [one]H2063

וַיִּתֶּן\־vai.yi.ten-and he gaveH5414

ל֛וֹloto <the> him

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

רָחֵ֥לra.ChelRachelH7354

בִּתּ֖וֹbi.Todaughter hisH1323

ל֥וֹloof him

לְאִשָּֽׁה\׃le.'i.Shahto a wifeH802

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

fulfilled her week.The public marriage feast made on this occasion, seems to have formed the regular method of recognising the marriage, and lasted seven days: it would therefore have been improper to have broken off the solemnities to which all the men of the place had been invited (ver. 22) and probably Laban wished to keep the fraud from the public eye. It is perfectly plain that Jacob did not serve seven years more before he got Rachel to wife.
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Context

Genesis 29:27
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Genesis 29:29
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

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Genesis 29:28 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	E hizo Jacob así, y cumplió la semana de aquélla: y él le dió á Rachêl su hija por mujer.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Jacob fit ainsi, et il accomplit la semaine de celle-ci. Et Laban lui donna Rachel, sa fille, pour femme.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Jakob tat also und vollendete die Woche mit dieser; und er gab ihm seine Tochter Rahel zum Weibe.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Acquievit placito: et hebdomada transacta, Rachel duxit uxorem: