KJV King James Version
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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Genesis 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
WEB World English Bible
Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, ‘I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:’
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
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 should give her to another man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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וַיֶּאֱהַ֥בH157 · a.havto love: loverיַעֲקֹ֖בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רָחֵ֑לH7354 · ra.chelRachelוַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙H5647 · a.vadto serveשֶׁ֣בַעH7651 · she.vasevenשָׁנִ֔יםH8141 · sha.nehyearבְּרָחֵ֥לH7354 · ra.chelRachelבִּתְּךָ֖H1323 · batdaughterהַקְּטַנָּֽה׃H6996 · qa.tansmall
Cross-references
Hosea 12:12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].Exodus 22:16-17And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.Genesis 34:12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.Genesis 29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.Genesis 31:41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.Hosea 3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:2 Samuel 3:14And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver [me] my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
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