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Genesis 29:25

in Genesis 29

When 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?”

BSB

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?

This verse in Genesis 29

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And 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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 7:2

    For 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…

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 3:13

    his 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…

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

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.