Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
Genesis 29:19
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
- KJV
- And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- WEB
- Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”
- ASV
- And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- LSV
- and Laban says, “It is better for me to give her to you than to give her to another man; dwell with me”;
- YLT
- and Laban saith, 'It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'
- DBY
- And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- DRC
- Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.
- GNV
- Then Laban answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with me.
- JPS
- And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.'
- LXXE
- And Laban said to him, It is better that I should give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Aleppo Codex and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads ט֚וֹב; Leningrad Codex and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia reads ט֤וֹב (“[is] good”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֗ן ט֚וֹב תִּתִּ֣י אֹתָ֣הּ לָ֔ךְ מִתִּתִּ֥י אֹתָ֖הּ לְאִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֑ר שְׁבָ֖ה עִמָּדִֽי׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Λάβαν, βέλτιον δοῦναί με αὐτήν σοι, ἢ δοῦναί με αὐτὴν ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ· οἴκησον μετʼ ἐμοῦ.
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- Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
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