Genesis 29:27-30
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[27] Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years." [28] Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife. [29] Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid. [30] He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passage“The East” denotes the region east of Canaan, especially Aram/Mesopotamia; Haran was a city in upper Mesopotamia where Laban’s household lived. These locations explain why Jacob remains among his maternal relatives and enters Laban’s family through his marriages to Leah and Rachel.
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Genesis 29:27-30 mentions East and Haran.
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