Genesis 29:18
Jacob loved Rachel, and so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
In Context
17Leah’s eyes were dull, but Rachel was beautiful.
Cross References
Genesis 29:30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and loved Rachel more than Leah. So he had to serve Laban seven years more.
Genesis 34:12Demand of me an exceedingly large gift for yourselves and a dowry for the bride, and I will give all you ask of me; only give me the girl for my wife.”
Hosea 12:12And Jacob fled to the territory of Aram, and Israel worked to earn a wife: for a wife he herded sheep.
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 →