Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Laban gathered all the men of the place and prepared a feast.
New American Standard Bible
Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.
King James Version
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Holman Bible
So Laban invited all the men of the place to a feast.
International Standard Version
So Laban gathered all the men who lived in that place and held a wedding festival.
A Conservative Version
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
American Standard Version
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Amplified
So Laban gathered together all the men of the place and prepared a [wedding]
Bible in Basic English
And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.
Darby Translation
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Julia Smith Translation
And Laban will gather together all the men of the place, and will make a drinking.
King James 2000
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Modern King James verseion
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Laban bade all the men of that place, and made a feast.
NET Bible
So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.
New Heart English Bible
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
The Emphasized Bible
So Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a banquet,
Webster
And Laban assembled all the men of the place, and made a feast.
World English Bible
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet.
Themes
Children » Instance of, leah and rachel
Covetousness » Instances of » Laban » Deceiving » jacob
Dishonesty » Instances of » Laban's treatment of jacob
Father-in-law » Unjust, laban to jacob
jacob » Serves fourteen years for leah and rachel
Laban » Receives jacob, and gives him his daughters in marriage
Marriage » Celebrated » With feasting
Marriage » Jacob and his wives
Rachel » Jacob serves laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wife
Seven » Years » Jacob serves for each of his wives for
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Jacob's
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 29:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Deceived
21 And Jacob said to Laban, "Give [me] my wife, that I may go in to her, for {my time} is completed." 22 So Laban gathered all the men of the place and prepared a feast. 23 And it happened [that] in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Judges 14:10-18
His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared there a feast, as young men were accustomed to doing this.
Ruth 4:10-13
And also Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I have acquired as a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance, so that the name of the dead may not be cut off from his relatives and from the gate of his [birth] place. You [are] witnesses today."
Matthew 22:2-10
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who gave a wedding celebration for his son.
Matthew 25:1-10
"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.
John 2:1-10
And on the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
Revelation 19:9
And he said to me, "Write: Blessed [are] those who are invited to the banquet of the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."