Genesis 29:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

Cross References

Genesis 24:67

And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.

Genesis 29:19

And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

Genesis 29:27

Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

Genesis 29:30

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.

Genesis 31:15

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

Genesis 34:19

And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

Hosea 12:12

And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Hosea 12:13

And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

1 Corinthians 13:7

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

Ephesians 5:2

And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?