Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Genesis 29:30

LeahRachel
MarriageEnvy and jealousy

28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

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

31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Read the whole chapter

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.

Compare

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

    Read in context

  • Genesis 44:27

    And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

    Read in context

  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

    Read in context

  • 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.

    Read in context

  • Genesis 29:18

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

    Read in context

  • Genesis 31:15

    Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

    Read in context

  • 1 Samuel 18:17–27

    And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

    Read in context

  • John 12:25

    He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

    Read in context