Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 30:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go, for you know very well the service I have given you.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know the work which I have done for you. American Standard Version (1901) Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. Common English Bible Give me my wives and children whom I’ve worked for, and I will go. You know the work I’ve done for you.” Catholic Public Domain Version Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served you, so that I may depart. You know the servitude with which I have served you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee. |
Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He served Laban for another seven years.
Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword.
Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.