Genesis 29:27
Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
26Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
Leviticus 18:18You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
Judges 14:12“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away 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 →