In Genesis 29:22, Laban gathers the community for a wedding feast — this is the week of celebration Jacob must complete before receiving Rachel.

In Genesis 44:27, Jacob later says 'my wife bore me two sons,' referring to Rachel — the wife he finally receives here after fourteen years of labor.

Leviticus 18:18 prohibits taking a wife's sister as a rival wife — the very arrangement Jacob creates here by marrying both Leah and Rachel, rivalry and all.

In Judges 14:12, Samson's wedding feast also lasts seven days — another biblical wedding celebration of the same duration, though it unfolds with a very different kind of drama.