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Extracted from a book taken randomly in the library: Laban says to Jacob: "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me what your wages shall be." And Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and of beautiful appearance. Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter." Jacob toils seven years for Rachel's hand. "And they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her." Finally, the wedding day arrived. But then came a most bitter disappointment: And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban: "What is this that you have done to me? Did not I serve with you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?" "It is not so done in our country," is Laban's explanation, "to give the younger before the firstborn." But if you promise to work for me for another seven years, says Laban, you can marry Rachel, too, at the end of end of the week of Leah's marriage celebrations. And he married also Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah; and he served with [Laban] yet another seven years. to be continue...
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