Genesis 29:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

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

Jacob carries out his part of the bargain. He gives Leah due deference for the week of the marriage ceremony, and fulfils his responsibilities as a husband. Then he also marries Rachel. Leah's part was not a happy one for she knows it is her sister that Jacob wants, but she was used to the fact that a woman could be married off by her menfolk, and would accept her lot. She knew she could have done a lot worse. What grieved both her and Rachel was the particular way in which it was carried out so that neither of them received any financial benefit. Only a handmaid each. They felt that Laban had withheld from them some of their rights (see for this Genesis 31:14-16).

Genesis 29:28

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