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Genesis 29:21 KJV
Genesis · chapter 29 · verse 21
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.Genesis 29:21 · King James Version
Genesis 29:21 in context
19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fulfilledmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- LabanLâbânLaban, a MesopotamianH3837 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Giveyâhabto giveH3051 →
- wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →
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Here is, I. The fair contract made between Laban and Jacob, during the month that Jacob spent there as a guest, Gen 29:14. It seems he was not idle, nor did he spend his time in sport and pastime;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-30