Genesis 29:18

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Jacob, loving her, said, "I will serve you for seven years, for your younger daughter Rachel."

Cross References

Genesis 24:67

And he led her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he accepted her as wife. And he loved her so very much, that it tempered the sorrow which befell him at his mother's death.

Genesis 29:19

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

Genesis 29:20

Therefore, Jacob served for seven years for Rachel. And these seemed like only a few days, because of the greatness of love.

Genesis 29:30

And, having at last obtained the marriage he desired, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and he served with him another seven years.

Genesis 30:26

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."

Genesis 31:41

And in this way, for twenty years, I have served you in your house: fourteen for your daughters, and six for your flocks. You have also changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 34:12

Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife."

2 Samuel 3:14

Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, saying, "Restore my wife Michal, whom I espoused to myself for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines."

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.

Hosea 3:2

And I contracted her to me for fifteen silver coins, and for a basket of barley, and half a basket of barley.