Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.” Jacob then says to Laban, his father-in-law, "Send me away, that I may go into my own place and to my country. This fact will be challenged by some of the suggested interpretations. In Genesis 30:25, 26 it seems the last seven years of service had been completed and the twelve children had been born. Through further bargaining and mutual agreement, for seven more years of service Jacob was given Rachel, the woman he loved, one week later. Upon being deceived by Laban at the end of that seven years, Jacob was given Leah, the older daughter of the family. It will be remembered that Jacob had bargained with Laban to serve him seven years for his daughter Rachel. These children are the offspring of four different women, Leah and Rachel, his wives, and Zilpah and Bilhah, their respective handmaids. In Genesis 29:31-30:24 the birth of twelve of Jacob's children is recorded.
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