Genesis 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
In Context
17And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of handsome form and handsome appearance.
Cross References
Genesis 29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah; and he served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis 34:12Ask of me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me; but give me the maiden for wife.
2 Samuel 3:14And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, saying, Give up to me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
Hosea 12:12(12:13) And Jacob fled into the fields of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [the flocks].
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 →