King James Version
Genesis 29:21 in the King James Version says “And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.”
Genesis 29:21 · 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.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
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“Give”
H3051to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“are fulfilled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“for my days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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