Genesis 29:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 12:12 : 12 And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
  • Exod 22:16-17 : 16 `And when a man doth entice a virgin who `is' not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; 17 if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.
  • Gen 31:41 : 41 `This `is' to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;
  • Gen 34:12 : 12 multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'
  • Gen 29:20 : 20 and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
  • Gen 29:30 : 30 And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.
  • 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And David sendeth messengers unto Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, saying, `Give up my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'
  • Hos 3:2 : 2 And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

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  • Gen 29:19-21
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    89%

    19and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'

    20and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

    21And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;'

  • Gen 29:24-31
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    86%

    24and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

    25And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it `is' Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What `is' this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?'

    26And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;

    27fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.'

    28And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;

    29and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

    30And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.

    31And Jehovah seeth that Leah `is' the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel `is' barren;

  • Gen 29:14-17
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    14and Laban saith to him, `Only my bone and my flesh `art' thou;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days.

    15And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou `art' my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what `is' thy hire.'

    16And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder `is' Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

    17and the eyes of Leah `are' tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she `is' shepherdess;

    10and it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the flock of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watereth the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

    11And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,

    12and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he `is' her father's brother, and that he `is' Rebekah's son, and she runneth and declareth to her father.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

  • Gen 30:28-29
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    28He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.'

    29And he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee `in', and that which thy substance was with me;

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And he saith to them, `Hath he peace?' and they say, `Peace; and lo, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.'

  • Gen 31:41
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    41`This `is' to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;

  • Gen 30:25-26
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    25And it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land;

    26give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee.'

  • Gen 31:33
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    33And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.

  • Gen 31:6
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    6and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,

  • Gen 30:3
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    3And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'

  • Hos 12:12
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    12And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.