Genesis 29:27
Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Webster Bible
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In Context
26And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also.
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended 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 seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Leviticus 18:18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her , to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life - time .
Judges 14:12And Samson said to them, I will now propose a riddle to you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some have coveted, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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 →