Genesis 29:20
Jacob worked for Laban for seven years, but to him they seemed like just a few days because he really loved her.
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Genesis 29:27“Finish this week of wedding celebrations and then I'll give you the other daughter as well, as long as you work another seven years for me.”
Genesis 30:26Give me my wives and children because I worked for you to have them. Let me go now because you know very well how much work I've done for you.”
Genesis 34:19The young man Shechem didn't waste any time in arranging this because he was infatuated with Jacob's daughter, and he was viewed as the most important person in his father's family.
Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked there to gain a wife, earning a wife by looking after sheep.
1 Corinthians 13:7Love never gives up, keeps on trusting, stays confident, and remains patient whatever happens.
Ephesians 5:2Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.
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 →