Genesis 29:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ 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)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Laban said, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Laban responded, "It is better that I give her to you than to another man; remain with me."

Genesis 29:19 Cross References

Isaiah 6:11

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

Isaiah 6:5

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Psalm 12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Genesis 29:18

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:20

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.