Midrash sa Genesis 29:19: Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael & Bereshit Rabbah

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

At sinabi ni Laban, “Mas mabuting ibigay ko siya sa iyo kaysa ibigay ko siya sa ibang lalaki; manirahan ka sa piling ko.”

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 The first name was superseded by the second.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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