Genesis 29:23

21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may ^ago in to her.”

22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and ^amade a feast.

23 Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.

24 And Laban gave his maid ^aZilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.

25 So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you ^adeceived me?”

26 And Laban said, “It must not be done so in our¹ country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

27 ^aFulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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In the evening - he took Leah his daughter - As the bride was always veiled, and the bride chamber generally dark, or nearly so, and as Leah was brought to Jacob in the evening, the imposition here practiced might easily pass undetected by Jacob, till the ensuing day discovered the fraud.

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