Jacob worked for Laban for seven years to marry Rachel, but Laban deceived him and gave him Leah instead. Jacob then worked another seven years to marry Rachel. Leah gave birth to four sons, while Rachel remained childless. This is a story from the Bible.
# Bible
Jacob meets Rachel at a well in the land of the eastern peoples. He helps her water her father's sheep and learns that she is Laban's daughter. Jacob stays with Laban for a month and agrees to work for him in exchange for marrying Rachel.
Abraham's servant travels to Nahor to find a wife for Isaac. He prays to God for a sign and Rebekah appears, offering water to him and his camels. The servant gives her gifts and asks if there is room for them to stay the night at her father's house.
Abraham's wife Sarah asked him to send away Hagar and her son Ishmael. God promised to make Ishmael into a great nation. Hagar and Ishmael wandered in the desert, but God provided water for them. Ishmael grew up to become an archer and his mother found him a wife from Egypt.
The Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with burning sulfur, but saved Lot and his family. Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his daughters settled in a cave, and the daughters slept with their father to preserve their family line. Both daughters became pregnant and gave birth to Moab and Ben-Ammi, who became the fathers of the Moabites and Ammonites.
Lot welcomes two angels into his home in Sodom, but the men of the city demand that he bring them out so they can have sex with them. Lot offers his two daughters instead, but the angels protect them and strike the men with blindness.
God promises Abraham and Sarah a son, despite their old age. He renames Sarai to Sarah and establishes a covenant with Isaac. Ishmael is also blessed and circumcised along with Abraham and his household.