Génesis 29:19 Midrash: Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael & Bereshit Rabbah

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֗ן ט֚וֹב תִּתִּ֣י אֹתָ֣הּ לָ֔ךְ מִתִּתִּ֥י אֹתָ֖הּ לְאִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֑ר שְׁבָ֖ה עִמָּדִֽי׃

Y Labán respondió:  Mejor es que te la dé á ti, que no que la dé á otro hombre:  estáte conmigo.

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael

Similarly, (Genesis 29:19) "And he called the name of the place Beth-El." The first name was superseded by the second.
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Bereshit Rabbah

“Jacob loved Rachel, and he said: I will work for you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter” (Genesis 29:18).
“Jacob loved Rachel” – [Jacob said to Laban:] ‘Because I know that the residents of your place are deceitful, that is why I am clarifying my deal with you. “He said: I will work for you…for Rachel, your…daughter” – Rachel but not Leah. “Your daughter” – so you will not bring another from the marketplace whose name is Rachel. “Younger” – so you will not exchange their names for one another. Even if you place a wicked one in a carpenter’s vise, it will be of no avail to you.’
“Laban said: Better that I give her to you, than give her to another man; remain with me” (Genesis 29:19).
“Jacob worked seven years for Rachel; they were in his eyes but a few days, in his love of her” (Genesis 29:20).

“Laban said: Better that I give her to you…Jacob worked…for Rachel [they were in his eyes but a few [aḥadim] days]” – Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pazi said: Aḥadim is stated here and aḥadim is stated elsewhere: “Live with him a few [aḥadim] years” (Genesis 27:44). Just as here, it is seven years, so, too, elsewhere, it is seven years.
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