Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
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In Context
21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Cross References
Genesis 29:27Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis 30:26Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.
Genesis 34:19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob`s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.
Hosea 12:12And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
1 Corinthians 13:7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
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 →