Genesis 29:13-30
"Jacob Deceived"
Well, Jacob had the table of his own game turn on him. Where, in the past, Jacob was the one who deceived, now he is the one deceived. Jacob, in love with Laban's daughter Rachel, offers to work for 7 years for her. At the end of the 7 years, Laban, unbeknownst to Jacob, actually gives his elder daughter, Leah, to Jacob. Peeved, Jacob then works another 7 years to marry Rachel.
Now, Laban gave as an excuse the local custom of marrying off the elder daughter before the younger. This having of two wives (and their slaves) was a major contributing factor to the 12 tribes of Israel.
Additionally, my OT textbook (Hill & Walton, A Brief Survey of the Old Testament) uses this incident as punishment for Jacob's earlier deceptions. It's a possibility and I don't know enough to say "right" or "wrong".
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