Genesis 29:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

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  • Judg 14:12 : 12 And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;
  • Lev 18:18 : 18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
  • Judg 14:10 : 10 Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.
  • Gen 2:2-3 : 2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done. 3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
  • Gen 8:10-12 : 10 And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again; 11 And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth. 12 And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

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    28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

    29 And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

    30 Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

  • Gen 29:14-26
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    14 And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

    15 Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

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

    17 And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

    18 And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

    19 And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

    20 And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

    21 Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

    22 And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

    23 And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

    24 And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

    25 And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

    26 And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.

  • Gen 30:26-29
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    26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.

    27 And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

    28 Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

    29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

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    9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

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    9 When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

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    41 These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

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    12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

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    14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

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    33 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.