Pentecost Season · Proper 12 · Year A
Genesis 29:15-28
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
July 26, 2026
Overview & Insights
"So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her." (Genesis 29:20)
Jacob agrees to work seven years for Rachel, but Laban deceives him by giving Leah in marriage first, so Jacob must serve another seven years to marry Rachel as well.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Genesis 29:15-28 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on Jacob, Laban, and the two sisters for the semicontinuous track.
Enduring Word: Genesis 29 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
StudyLight: Genesis 29 Commentaries StudyLight
Many complete commentaries on Genesis 29 gathered on one passage page.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Genesis 29:15 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to Laban's bargain with Jacob.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Genesis Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Genesis and the ancestral stories.
BibleProject: Genesis 12-50 Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the ancestral narratives from Abraham to Joseph.
Sefaria: Genesis 29 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Genesis 29 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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