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Genesis 29:15-28

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

July 26, 2026

Jacob Reproaching Laban for Giving him Leah in Place of Rachel, Hendrick ter Brugghen
Jacob Reproaching Laban for Giving him Leah in Place of Rachel, Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1627The National Gallery, London
At the wedding table Jacob jabs a finger at the seated Laban, Leah stands between them, and Rachel watches from behind the curtain.Jacob served seven years for Rachel … And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me?”Hendrick ter BrugghenA Utrecht painter who brought Caravaggio’s light and plain realism north.The National Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery, London.The National Gallery, London
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMt. 13:31-33, 44-52Mt 13:31-33, 44-52
EpistleRom. 8:26-39Rom 8:26-39
Old TestamentGen. 29:15-28Gn 29:15-28Alt. OT1 Kings 3:5-121 Kgs 3:5-12
PsalterPs. 105:1-11, 45bPs 105:1-11, 45b orPs. 128Ps 128Alt. PsalmPs. 119:129-136Ps 119:129-136

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 29:15-28Working Preacher: Commentary on Gn 29:15-28 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Jacob, Laban, and the two sisters for the semicontinuous track.

Enduring Word: Genesis 29Enduring Word: Gn 29 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

StudyLight: Genesis 29 CommentariesStudyLight: Gn 29 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Genesis 29 gathered on one passage page.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Genesis 29:15BibleHub: Commentaries on Gn 29:15 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to Laban's bargain with Jacob.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Genesis 12-50 OverviewBibleProject: Gn 12-50 Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the ancestral narratives from Abraham to Joseph.

Sefaria: Genesis 29 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Gn 29 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Genesis 29 InterlinearBibleHub: Gn 29 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Genesis 29Catena: Gn 29 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Genesis 29.

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