Genesis 29:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jacob said to Laban, “The time is up, and I want to marry Rachel now!”

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

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

Genesis 29:20

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

Genesis 29:22

So Laban gave a big feast and invited all their neighbours.

Genesis 31:41

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.

Genesis 38:16

and asked her to sleep with him. She asked, “What will you give me if I do?”

Genesis 4:1

Adam and Eve had a son. Then Eve said, “I'll name him Cain because I got him with the help of the LORD.”

Matthew 1:18

This is how Jesus Christ was born. A young woman named Mary was engaged to Joseph from King David's family. But before they were married, she learnt that she was going to have a baby by God's Holy Spirit.

Deuteronomy 22:13

Suppose a man starts hating his wife soon after they are married.

Judges 15:1

Later, during the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit the young woman he thought was still his wife. He brought along a young goat as a gift and said to her father, “I want to go into my wife's bedroom.” “You can't do that,” he replied.