Genesis 29:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

So Iacob serued seuen yeare for Rachel, and they semed vnto him but few dayes, he loued her so well.

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  • Hos 12:12 : 12 Iacob fled into the londe of Siria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kepte shepe.
  • 1 Cor 13:7 : 7 beareth all thinges, beleueth all thinges, hopeth all thinges, suffreth all thinges.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 Then Isaac brought her in to his mother Saras tent, and toke Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loued her. So Isaac was comforted ouer his mother.
  • Gen 30:26 : 26 geue me my wyues and my children, (for the which I haue serued the) yt I maye go: for thou knowest, what seruyce I haue done the.
  • Song 8:6-7 : 6 O set me as a seale vpo thine hert, and as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is mightie as the death, & gelousy as the hell. Hir coales are of fyre, and a very flamme of the LORDE: 7 so yt many waters are not able to quench loue, nether maye ye streames drowne it. Yee yf a man wolde geue all the good of his house for loue, he shulde counte it nothinge.
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge, that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 29:14-19
    6 verses
    89%

    14The sayde Laban vnto him: Wel, thou art my bone and my flesh. Abyde with me a moneth longe.

    15But after that saide he vnto Iacob: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou therfore serue me for nought? Tell me, what shall thy wages be.

    16Laban had two doughters, the eldest was called Lea, & the yongest Rachel.

    17And Lea was tender eyed, but Rachel was beutyfull & well fauoured of face,

    18and Iacob loued her well, and sayde: I will serue the seuen yeare, for Rachel thy yongest doughter.

    19Laban answered: It is better that I geue her the, then vnto another: tary thou with me.

  • Gen 29:27-31
    5 verses
    84%

    27Holde out this weke, & I will geue the this also, for the seruyce yt thou shalt do me yet seuen yeares more.

    28Iacob dyd so, & helde out yt weke. Then gaue he him Rachel his doughter to wyfe.

    29And Laban gaue Bilha his mayden vnto Rachel his doughter to be hir mayden.

    30So he laye with Rachel also, & loued Rachel more the Lea, and serued him yet seuen yeares more.

    31But when the LORDE sawe, that Lea was nothinge regarded, he made her frutefull, and Rachel baren.

  • Gen 29:21-25
    5 verses
    80%

    21And Iacob saide vnto Laban: geue me my wyfe, for the tyme is come that I shulde lye with her.

    22The Laban bad all the people of that place, and made a mariage.

    23But at eue he toke his doughter Lea, and brought her in vnto him, and he laye wt her.

    24And Laban gaue Zilpa his mayde vnto his doughter Lea to be hir mayde.

    25But on the morow, beholde, it was Lea. And he sayde vnto Laban: Why hast thou done this vnto me? Haue not I serued ye for Rachel? Why hast thou then begyled me?

  • Gen 29:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with hir fathers shepe, for she kepte ye shepe.

    10Whan Iacob sawe Rachel ye doughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother, he wete, & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, and gaue his mothers brother shepe to drynke,

    11and kyssed Rachel, lift vp his voyce, and wepte,

    12and tolde her, yt he was hir fathers brother, and ye sonne of Rebecca. Then ranne she, and tolde her father.

  • Gen 31:41
    71%

    41Thus haue I serued twentye yeare in thy house, fourtene yeares for thy doughters, & sixe for thy flocke, and ten tymes hast thou chaunged my rewarde:

  • Gen 31:33
    69%

    33Then wente Laban in to Iacobs tent and in to Leas tent, and in to both the maydens tetes, and founde nothinge: and out of Leas tente he wente in to Rachels tent.

  • Hos 12:12
    69%

    12Iacob fled into the londe of Siria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kepte shepe.

  • Gen 30:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25Now whan Rachel had borne Ioseph, Iacob sayde vnto Laban: Let me go, & departe in to my place and vnto myne owne lande:

    26geue me my wyues and my children, (for the which I haue serued the) yt I maye go: for thou knowest, what seruyce I haue done the.

  • Gen 31:4
    68%

    4Then sent Iacob and bad call Rachel and Lea in to the felde to his flockes,

  • Gen 30:29
    68%

    29But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest how I haue serued the, and what maner of catell thou hast vnder me.

  • Gen 30:4
    68%

    4And so she gaue him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe. And Iacob laye with her.

  • Gen 30:2
    68%

    2But Iacob was very wroth at Rachel, & sayde: Am I then in Gods steade, which kepeth ye frute of yi wombe from ye?

  • Gen 29:6
    68%

    6He sayde: Is he in good health? They answered: he is in good health. And lo, there commeth his doughter Rachel with the shepe.