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Rachel (Second daughter of Laban)

the second daughter of Laban, the dearly beloved of Jacob, who, to obtain her, devoted seven years to the flocks and herds of her father. But, at RACHEL the end of that period, he found in his one already mentioned, "The Niggardly veiled bride not Rachel, but Leah, her elder sister, whom he did not love, and was obliged to labor during seven more years in order to gain Rachel. She was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.