¹⁷ Leah had weak^[a] eyes, but Rachel^(A) had a lovely figure and was beautiful.^{(B) 18} Jacob was in love with Rachel^(C) and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”^(D)

¹⁹ Laban said, “It’s better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.” ²⁰ So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel,^(E) but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.^(F)

The Right of the Firstborn

¹⁵ If a man has two wives,^(A) and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,^{(B) 16} when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.^{(C) 17} He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double^(D) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.^(E) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.^(F)