Genesis 29:18
And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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Referenced Verses
- Hos 12:12 : 12 Iacob fled into the lande of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.
- Exod 22:16-17 : 16 If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe. 17 And if her father refuse to geue her vnto him, he shal pay money, according to the dowrie of virgins.
- Gen 31:41 : 41 Thus haue I ben twentie yere in thy house, and serued thee fourteene yeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yere for thy sheepe, and thou hast chaunged my rewarde ten tymes.
- Gen 34:12 : 12 Aske freely of me both dowry and gyftes, and I wyll geue accordyng as ye say vnto me, so that ye geue me the damsell to wyfe.
- Gen 29:20 : 20 And Iacob serued seuen yere for Rachel: and they seemed vnto hym but a fewe dayes, for the loue he hadde to her.
- Gen 29:30 : 30 So lay he by Rachel also, and loued Rachel more then Lea, and serued hym yet seuen yeres more.
- 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And Dauid sent messengers to Isboseth Sauls sonne, saying: Deliuer me my wife Michol, whiche I maried for an hundred foreskinnes of ye Philistines.
- Hos 3:2 : 2 So I gat her for fifteene siluerlinges, and for an homer and an halfe of barley.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 29:19-213 verses89%
19 Laban aunswered: It is better that I geue her vnto thee, then that I shoulde geue her to another man: abide with me.
20 And Iacob serued seuen yere for Rachel: and they seemed vnto hym but a fewe dayes, for the loue he hadde to her.
21 And Iacob said vnto Laban: geue me my wife that I may lye with her, for my dayes are fulfylled.
- Gen 29:24-318 verses86%
24 And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be her seruaunt.
25 And when the mornyng was come, beholde it was Lea. Then sayde he to Laban: Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? dyd not I serue thee for Rachel? wherfore then hast thou begyled me?
26 Laban aunswered: It is not the maner of this place, to marry ye younger before the first borne.
27 Passe out this weeke, & then we wyll geue thee this also for the seruice whiche thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeres more.
28 And Iacob dyd euen so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gaue hym Rachel his daughter to wyfe also.
29 And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter Bilha his handmayde, to be her seruaunt.
30 So lay he by Rachel also, and loued Rachel more then Lea, and serued hym yet seuen yeres more.
31 When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her fruitfull, and Rachel remayned baren.
- Gen 29:14-174 verses80%
14 To whom Laban sayde: Well, thou art my bone & my fleshe. And he abode with hym the space of a moneth.
15 And Laban said vnto Iacob: Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for naught? Tell me what shall thy wages be?
16 Laban had two daughters, the elder called Lea, and the younger Rachel.
17 Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.
- Gen 29:9-124 verses75%
9 Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.
10 Assoone as Iacob sawe Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, & the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, Iacob went & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, & watered the flocke of Laban his mothers brother.
11 And Iacob kyssed Rachel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.
12 And Iacob tolde Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebeccaes sonne: Therefore ranne she and tolde her father.
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4 Therfore Iacob sent, & called Rachel and Lea to the fielde vnto his flocke,
- Gen 30:28-292 verses72%
28 Also he sayde: Appoynt what thy rewarde shalbe, and I wyll geue it thee.
29 But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee, and in what takyng thy cattell haue ben vnder me:
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6 And he sayde vnto them: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health, and beholde his daughter Rachel commeth with the sheepe.
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41 Thus haue I ben twentie yere in thy house, and serued thee fourteene yeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yere for thy sheepe, and thou hast chaunged my rewarde ten tymes.
- Gen 30:25-262 verses71%
25 Assoone as Rachel had borne Ioseph, Iacob sayde to Laban: Send me away, that I maye go vnto my owne place, and to my countrey.
26 Geue me my wyues and my chyldren for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.
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33 Then went Laban into Iacobs tent, and into Leas tent, and into the two maydseruaunts tentes: but found them not. Then went he out of Leas tent, and entred into Rachels tent:
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6 And ye knowe howe I haue serued your father to the best of my power.
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3 Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her.
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12 Iacob fled into the lande of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.