Genesis 29:30
And he also went in to Rachel, and also he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.
31And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Cross References
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.
Genesis 30:25And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
Genesis 31:41These twenty years I have been in thy house. I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock. And thou have changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 44:27And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons.
1 Samuel 18:17And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to thee for a wife. Only be thou valiant for me, and fight LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be
Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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 →