Genesis 29:19

“And Laban said, It is better that I giue her to thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with mee.”

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Other Translations

And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- King James Version

Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.
- Basic English Bible

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- Darby Bible

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- Webster's Bible

Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."
- World English Bible

and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'
- Youngs Literal Bible

And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Discussion for Genesis 29

  • Wilbert for verse 27
    Genesis 29:27.what does "full her week " mean?.
  • A web search showed that the Hebrew name Levi means "Joined in Harmony ".
  • Geraldine cole
    To get the truth we must go back and read ch 24. 25.26. 28 then 29 because Issac call his son Esau in because he knew he was dying and Isaac told his to go get his food that he love and cook it.his wife heard him and told Jocob her son to pretend he was Isaac oldest son so that his father could bless him and he would own all of Isaac rishes.so when Jacob and his mother decieved Isaac everything went wrong Esau hated his brother for what he did he stole his birthright everything went wrong from that lie u no a family lie can travel down threw a family until someone stand u and speak the truth
  • I thinks it 's beautiful that in the end Jacob wanted to be buried with leah and not rachel. Out ward beauty doesn 't matter
  • Mark Nunes for verse 17
    Leah had beautiful tender sad eyes far apart and slanting down at the sides like Marylin Monroe This was her best feature but Rachel still had more going for her and was beautiful also and had a nice body. Fat was considered beautiful back then at a time when everyone worked so hard, ate so little and hardly any one got overweight. So maybe Leah was skinny. Well favored probably meant Rachel had a fuller figure but with a nice hourglass shape.
  • No she was not blue eyed ,nor white, how did you gather that from that passage? You pastor knows not the word. All the nation of ISRAEL was, and is dark unto this day. She was pleasing to the eye, but not like Rachel . The Jews in ISRAEL today are of Russian descent.

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