Genesis 29:27

Fulfill the week of this, and we will give thee this one also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

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In The King James Version

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

In Context

26And Laban said, It is not done so in our place, to give in marriage the younger before the first-born.

28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of the first; and he gave him Rachel his daughter for a wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 29:20And Jacob served for Rachel seven years; and they seemed unto him but a few days, through the love he had to her.

Leviticus 18:18And a woman together with her sister shalt thou not take, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other, in her lifetime.

Judges 14:12And Samson said unto them, I will now propound unto you a riddle; if ye can in anywise tell it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then will I give you thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments;

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 →

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