Genesis 29:27
Fulfil the week [with] this one: then we will give thee the other one also, for the service that thou shalt serve me yet seven other years.
Darby Translation
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.
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And God had finished on the seventh day 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 were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.
Leviticus 18:18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.
Judges 14:12And Samson said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is [the] root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves 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 →