Genesis 29:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Iacob serued seuen yere for Rachel: and they seemed vnto hym but a fewe dayes, for the loue he hadde to her.

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  • Hos 12:12 : 12 Iacob fled into the lande of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.
  • 1 Cor 13:7 : 7 Suffreth all thynges, beleueth all thynges, hopeth all thynges, endureth all thynges.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 And Isahac brought her into his mother Saraes tent, and toke Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loued her: and so Isahac receaued comfort after his mother.
  • Gen 30:26 : 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.
  • Song 8:6-7 : 6 O set me as a seale vpon thine heart, and as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is myghtie as the death, and gelousie as the hell. 7 Her coales are coales of fire, and a very vehement flambe of the Lorde: so that many waters are not able to quenche loue, neither may the streames drowne it: Yea yf a man woulde geue all the good of his house for loue, he shoulde count it nothyng.
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walke ye in loue, euen as Christe hath loued vs, and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 29:14-19
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    14To whom Laban sayde: Well, thou art my bone & my fleshe. And he abode with hym the space of a moneth.

    15And Laban said vnto Iacob: Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for naught? Tell me what shall thy wages be?

    16Laban had two daughters, the elder called Lea, and the younger Rachel.

    17Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.

    18And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter.

    19Laban aunswered: It is better that I geue her vnto thee, then that I shoulde geue her to another man: abide with me.

  • Gen 29:27-31
    5 verses
    84%

    27Passe out this weeke, & then we wyll geue thee this also for the seruice whiche thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeres more.

    28And Iacob dyd euen so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gaue hym Rachel his daughter to wyfe also.

    29And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter Bilha his handmayde, to be her seruaunt.

    30So lay he by Rachel also, and loued Rachel more then Lea, and serued hym yet seuen yeres more.

    31When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her fruitfull, and Rachel remayned baren.

  • Gen 29:21-25
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    21And Iacob said vnto Laban: geue me my wife that I may lye with her, for my dayes are fulfylled.

    22Then Laban gathered together all the men of that place, and made a feast.

    23And when euen was come, he toke Lea his daughter, and brought her to hym, and he went in to her.

    24And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be her seruaunt.

    25And 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?

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.

    10Assoone 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.

    11And Iacob kyssed Rachel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.

    12And Iacob tolde Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebeccaes sonne: Therefore ranne she and tolde her father.

  • Gen 31:41
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    41Thus 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 31:33
    69%

    33Then 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:

  • Hos 12:12
    69%

    12Iacob fled into the lande of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.

  • Gen 30:25-26
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    68%

    25Assoone as Rachel had borne Ioseph, Iacob sayde to Laban: Send me away, that I maye go vnto my owne place, and to my countrey.

    26Geue 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.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4Therfore Iacob sent, & called Rachel and Lea to the fielde vnto his flocke,

  • Gen 30:29
    68%

    29But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee, and in what takyng thy cattell haue ben vnder me:

  • Gen 30:4
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    4And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her.

  • Gen 30:2
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    2And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And 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.