Genesis 29:19
Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”
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18Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
Cross References
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, 1 “Woe is me! For I am doomed because I am a man of unclean lips, 1 and I live among a people of unclean lips, 1 because my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh, Yahweh of hosts!”
Jeremiah 29:6Take wives and give birth to sons and daughters. Then take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands. Let them give birth to sons and daughters and increase there so you do not become too few.
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 →