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17 Cross References  

Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he answered, "If you will let me marry Rachel, I'll work seven years for you."

Jacob worked seven years for Laban, but the time seemed like only a few days, because he loved Rachel so much.

The LORD knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel.

He treats us like foreigners and has even cheated us out of the bride price that should have been ours.

I had to work fourteen of these twenty long years to earn your two daughters and another six years to buy your sheep and goats. During that time you kept changing my wages.

So we told you, "Our father is a very old man. In fact, he was already old when Benjamin was born. Benjamin's brother is dead. Now Benjamin is the only one of the two brothers who is still alive, and our father loves him very much."

Sir, our father then reminded us that his favorite wife had given birth to two sons.

Jacob escaped to Syria where he tended sheep to earn himself a wife.

If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples.

You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.

If you love your life, you will lose it. If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life.

Suppose a man has two wives and loves one more than the other. The first son of either wife is the man's first-born son, even if the boy's mother is the wife the man doesn't love. Later, when the man is near death and is dividing up his property, he must give a double share to his first-born son, simply because he was the first to be born.




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