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Genesis 29:28

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

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וַיַּ֤עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…יַעֲקֹב֙yaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.כֵּ֔ןkenas... asכֵּןparticle, demonstrative — “as... as”H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)[phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (th…וַיְמַלֵּ֖אvaymaleand be at an endמָלֵאconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be at an end”, the next action in the storyH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…שְׁבֻ֣עַshevuaweekשָׁבוּעַnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “week”, the ordinary formH7620literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)seven, week.זֹ֑אתzotthisזֹאתpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.וַיִּתֶּןvayitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…ל֛וֹlvotoל֛וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toאֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).רָחֵ֥לrachelRachelרָחֵלnoun, proper name — “Rachel”H7354Rachel, a wife of JacobRachel.בִּתּ֖וֹbitvodaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.ל֥וֹlvotoל֥וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלְאִשָּֽׁהleishahto eachאִשָּׁהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;

World English Bible

Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.

Darby Translation

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week [with] this one, and he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife.

Douay-Rheims

He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her sevens; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐποίησε δὲ Ἰακὼβ οὕτως, καὶ ἀνεπλήρωσε τὰ ἕβδομα ταύτης· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Λάβαν Ῥαχὴλ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.