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What does Genesis 29:24 mean?
"Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant."
— Genesis 29:24 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.
Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.
In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”
Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years.”
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