Genesis 29:21
in Genesis 29Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
KJV
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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This verse in Genesis 29
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Grant me my wife, for my time is complete
on Genesis 29:21-22
The seven years are counted out, and Jacob says his time is complete. He asks Laban for the wife he has paid for. Laban invites all the men of that place and prepares a feast, and the word behind feast is mishteh, a drinking feast.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Jacob said unto Laban, give me my wife,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But an infamous fraud was practised on Jacob, and on his showing a righteous indignation, the usage of the country was pleaded in excuse. No plea of kindred should ever be allowed to come in opposition to the claim of justice. But this is often overlooked by the selfish mind of man, and fashion or custom rules instead of the will of God.
My days are fulfilled - My seven years are now completed, let me have my wife, for whom I have given this service as a dowry.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֤ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לָבָן֙ | lavan | Laban | H3837 → | 55 times |
| הָבָ֣ה | havah | give ! | H3051 → | 34 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אִשְׁתִּ֔י | ʾishti | wife my | H802 → | 781 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מָלְא֖וּ | malu | they have been completed | H4390 → | 249 times |
| יָמָ֑י | yamai | days my | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְאָב֖וֹאָה | veavoah | so I may go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ | ʾeleiha | into her | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יַעֲקֹ֤בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
לָבָן֙Laban
lavanH3837 →55 times
הָבָ֣הgive !
havahH3051 →34 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אִשְׁתִּ֔יwife my
ʾishtiH802 →781 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מָלְא֖וּthey have been completed
maluH4390 →249 times
יָמָ֑יdays my
yamaiH3117 →2304 times
וְאָב֖וֹאָהso I may go
veavoahH935 →2568 times
אֵלֶֽיהָ׃into her
ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 1:18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy…
it leads to
- Galatians 4:4–5
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Luke 1:27–38
to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
- Job 14:4
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Hebrews 10:5
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
- Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Galatians 4:4–5
Through
Genesis 29:18Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
it leads to
- Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
- Exodus 22:16–17
If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
- Hosea 12:12
Through
Judges 15:1Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her…
it leads to
- Genesis 38:17
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
- Genesis 38:17
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).