Genesis 29:27

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 29:27 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis 29:27 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 29

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
27Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Fulfil her week, etc.] Not Rachel’s week, or a week of years of servitude for her, but Leah’s week, or the week of seven days of feasting for her marriage; for a marriage feast used to be kept seven days, according to the Jewish writers f1482, and as it seems from (<071417>Judges 14:17); and the Targum of Jerusalem fully expresses this sense, “fulfil the week of the days of the feast of Leah;” and to the same sense the Targum of Jonathan, Aben Ezra and Jarchi: and we will give this also; meaning Rachel that stood by; and the sense is, that he and his wife, if he had any, or his friends about him, would give to Jacob Rachel also to be his wife, upon the following condition: for the service…”
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