Genesis 29:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

Ver. 25. In the morning, behold, it was Leah.] A foul disappointment: but so the world ever serves us. The Hebrews have taken up this passage for a proverb, when a man's hopes are deceived in a wife, or anything else, wherein he looked for content and comfort.

Genesis 29:25

25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?