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Genesis 29:30

LeahRachel
MarriageEnvy and jealousy

28 And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

29 Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

32 And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

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BSB
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
KJV
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
WEB
He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.
ASV
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
DARBY
And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years.
BLB
And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel also, more than Leah, and he served with him yet another seven years.
ÅB
Så gikk han også inn til Rakel, og han holdt mere av Rakel enn av Lea. Siden tjente han enda syv år til hos Laban.
OTB
Jakob var også med Rakel, og han elsket Rakel mer enn Lea. Han arbeidet for Laban ytterligere syv år.
B1930
Så gikk han også inn til Rakel, og han holdt mere av Rakel enn av Lea. Siden tjente han ennu syv år til hos Laban.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 31:41

    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

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  • Genesis 44:27

    And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

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  • Matthew 10:37

    Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

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  • Genesis 29:20

    So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

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  • Genesis 29:18

    Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

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  • Genesis 31:15

    Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:17–27

    Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

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  • John 12:25

    Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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