Genesis 29:27
Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shall serve with me yet seven other years.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
26And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
Leviticus 18:18And thou shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.
Judges 14:12And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If ye can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment,
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:16-31
Jacob's Marriage. ( b. c. 1753.) 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I… Read the whole commentary →