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Genesis 29:18

IsraelRachel
Love for othersMarriage

16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
KJV
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
WEB
Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
ASV
And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
DARBY
And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
BLB
And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
ÅB
Og Jakob hadde Rakel kjær; derfor sa han: Jeg vil tjene deg syv år for Rakel, din yngste datter.
OTB
Jakob var forelsket i Rakel og sa: «Jeg vil tjene deg i syv år for din yngre datter Rakel.»
B1930
Og Jakob hadde Rakel kjær; derfor sa han: Jeg vil tjene dig syv år for Rakel, din yngste datter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 12:12

    And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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  • Exodus 22:16–17

    And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

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  • Genesis 34:12

    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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  • Hosea 3:2

    So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

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  • 2 Samuel 3:14

    And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

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  • Genesis 29:20

    And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

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  • Genesis 29:30

    And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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  • Genesis 31:41

    Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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