Genesis 29:27-30

29:27 Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. ¹  Then we will give you the younger one ²  too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” ³ 

29:28 Jacob did as Laban said. ⁴  When Jacob ⁵  completed Leah’s bridal week, ⁶  Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. ⁷  29:29 (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) ⁸  29:30 Jacob ⁹  had marital relations ¹⁰  with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban ¹¹  for seven more years. ¹² 

[29:27]  ¹ tn Heb “fulfill the period of seven of this one.” The referent of “this one” has been specified in the translation as “my older daughter” for clarity.

[29:27]  ² tn Heb “this other one.”

[29:27]  ³ tn Heb “and we will give to you also this one in exchange for labor which you will work with me, still seven other years.”

[29:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Jacob did so.” The words “as Laban said” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[29:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “the seven of this one.” The referent of “this one” has been specified in the translation as Leah to avoid confusion with Rachel, mentioned later in the verse.

[29:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he gave to him Rachel his daughter for him for a wife.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “and Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his female servant, for her for a servant.”

[29:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “went in also to Rachel.” The expression “went in to” in this context refers to sexual intercourse, i.e., the consummation of the marriage.

[29:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:30]  ¹² tn Heb “and he loved also Rachel, more than Leah, and he served with him still seven other years.”