Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 29:19 - Revised Standard Version Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than to another man. Stay and live with me. American Standard Version (1901) And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. Common English Bible Laban said, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.” Catholic Public Domain Version Laban responded, "It is better that I give her to you than to another man; remain with me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lahan answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me. |
Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without men, and the land is utterly desolate,
And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.