Commentary on Genesis John Calvin (continued)
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS
24. And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
24. Et dedit Laban ei Zilpah ancillam suam, Leah filiae suae ancillam.
25. And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
25. Et fuit mane, et ecce erat Leah, et dixit ad Laban, Quid hoc fecisti mihi? numquid non pro Rachel servivi tibi? et utquid decepisti me?
26. And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
26. Tunc dixit Laban, Non fit ita in loco nostro, ut detur minor ante primogenitam.
27. Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
27. Comple hebdomadem hujus, et dabimus tibi etiam hanc pro servitute, quam servies mihi adhuc septem annos alios.
28. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
28. Fecit ergo Iahacob sic, et complevit hebdomadem illius, et dedit ei Rachel filiam suam in uxorem.
29. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
29. Et dedit Laban Rachel filiae suae Bilhah ancillam suam in ancillam.
30. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
30. Et ingressus est etiam ad Rachel: et dilexit etiam Rachel magis quam Leah: servivitque ei adhuc septem annos alios.
31. And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
31. Vidit autem Iehova quod exosa esset Leah, et aperuit vulvam ejus, et Rachel erat sterilis.