Genesis 29:18
And Ya'akov loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee sheva shanim for Rachel thy bat haketannah (younger daughter).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 had weak eyes; but Rachel was yafeh and lovely in form.
Cross References
Genesis 29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served him yet sheva shanim acherot.
Genesis 34:12Ask me never so much mohar (bride price, dowry) and mattan (gift), and I will pay according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the na'arah as isha.
2 Samuel 3:14And Dovid sent malachim to Ish-Boshet Ben Sha'ul, saying, Deliver ishti Michal, which I took in erusin to me for a hundred arlot (foreskins) of the Pelishtim (Philistines).
Hosea 12:12Is there aven (iniquity) in Gil'ad? 1 Surely they are vanity; 1 they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; 1 yea, their mizbechot are as piles of stones 1 in the furrows of the fields. 1
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 →