Genesis 29:27
Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.
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26And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
28And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
Genesis 29:20And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Leviticus 18:18And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
Judges 14:12And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered 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 →