21 Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
Genesis 29:21
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Genesis 29:27–29
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Testament of Issachar 1:10–12
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Genesis 30:33–35
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Book of Jubilees 28:24–26
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