Genesis 29:25
in Genesis 29When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
KJV
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
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This verse in Genesis 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd it came to pass, that, in the morning, behold, it was Leah,.... The morning light discovered her, and her veil being off, her tender eyes showed who she was: it is much her voice had not betrayed her; but perhaps there might be a likeness of voice in her and her sister; or she might keep silence, and so not be discovered in that way; but to excuse her from sin is not easy, even the sin of adultery and incest.
This site's exposition
What have you done to me
on Genesis 29:25-26
Jacob's protest, What have you done to me, is the rebuke Pharaoh gave Abraham at 12:18 and Abimelech gave Isaac at 26:10. Both times a king outside the family said it, and here a patriarch says it. Laban answers with a local custom, the older daughter married before the younger.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He had cheated his own father when he pretended to be Esau, and now his father-in-law cheated him. Herein, how unrighteous soever Laban was, the Lord was righteous; as Judges i. Even the righteous, if they take a false step, are sometimes thus recompensed on the earth.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַבֹּ֔קֶר | vaboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וְהִנֵּה־ | vehineh- | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| הִ֖וא | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לֵאָ֑ה | leah | [was] Leah | H3812 → | 34 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לָבָ֗ן | lavan | Laban | H3837 → | 55 times |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| זֹּאת֙ | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| עָשִׂ֣יתָ | ʾasita | have you done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לִּ֔י | li | to <the> me | ||
| הֲלֹ֤א | halo' | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בְרָחֵל֙ | verachel | for Rachel | H7354 → | 47 times |
| עָבַ֣דְתִּי | ʾavadti | have I served | H5647 → | 288 times |
| עִמָּ֔ךְ | ʾimakh | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וְלָ֖מָּה | velamah | and <to> why? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| רִמִּיתָֽנִי׃ | rimitani | have you deceived me | H7411 → |
וַיְהִ֣יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning
vabokerH1242 →214 times
וְהִנֵּה־and there!
vehineh-H2009 →843 times
הִ֖ואshe
hi'H1931 →1879 times
לֵאָ֑ה[was] Leah
leahH3812 →34 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
לָבָ֗ןLaban
lavanH3837 →55 times
מַה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
זֹּאת֙this
zotH2063 →603 times
עָשִׂ֣יתָhave you done
ʾasitaH6213 →2628 times
לִּ֔יto <the> me
li
הֲלֹ֤א¿ not
halo'H3808 →5168 times
בְרָחֵל֙for Rachel
verachelH7354 →47 times
עָבַ֣דְתִּיhave I served
ʾavadtiH5647 →288 times
עִמָּ֔ךְwith you
ʾimakhH5973 →1050 times
וְלָ֖מָּהand <to> why?
velamahH4100 →752 times
רִמִּיתָֽנִי׃have you deceived me
rimitaniH7411 →
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 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
it leads to
- James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Mark 4:24
He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
- Obadiah 1:15
For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
- Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…
- James 2:13
Through
1 Corinthians 3:13his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:7
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their…
- 1 Corinthians 3:14–15
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
- Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- 1 Peter 1:7
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsLeahJacob's unloved first wife, on whom the LORD's eye fell — the mother of Judah, the messianic tribe, and of Levi, the priestly trib…
- PersonPatriarchsRachelJacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who dies on the road to Bethlehem — later wept for in the prophets (Jer 31:15…
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
