Genesis 29:30

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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.

Cross References

Genesis 29:17

But while Leah was bleary-eyed, Rachel had an elegant appearance and was attractive to behold.

Genesis 29:18

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

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 29:29

To her, the father had given Bilhah as her servant.

Genesis 29:31

But the Lord, seeing that he despised Leah, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.

Genesis 31:15

Has he not considered us as foreigners, and sold us, and consumed our price?

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 44:20

And we answered you, my lord: 'There is our father, an old man, and a young boy, who was born in his old age. His brother of the same womb has died, and he alone is left to his mother and father, who truly love him tenderly.'

Genesis 44:27

To which he responded: 'You know that my wife conceived twice by me.

Hosea 12:12

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

Matthew 10:37

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 6:24

No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Luke 14:26

"If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.

John 12:25

it remains alone. But if it dies, it yields much fruit. Whoever loves his life, will lose it. And whoever hates his life in this world, preserves it unto eternal life.

Deuteronomy 21:15

If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,