Genesis 29:27
Make up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
26Laban answered: It is not the custom in this place, to give the younger in marriage first.
28He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel:
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.
Leviticus 18:18Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.
Judges 14:12And Samson said to them: I will propose to you a riddle, which if you declare unto me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty shirts, and as many coats:
1 Timothy 6:10For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in 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 →