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Laban and Leah
How Laban and Leah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Laban was a parent of Leah.
Leah was Laban's elder daughter. He brought her to Jacob in the evening in place of Rachel, and said it was not done "to give the younger before the firstborn."
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah
Genesis 29:16, King James Version
he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him
Genesis 29:23, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 29:21-26
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 29:16
16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Genesis 29:21-26
21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
25And 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?
26And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
King James Version