Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 29:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.” Flere versionerKing 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, so 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 his love for her.
They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.
Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said, “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is utterly desolate;
And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet 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.