Genesis 29:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, ‘I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.’

Cross References

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.

Genesis 34:12

Demand of me a high compensation  and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Only give the girl to be my wife! ’

Hosea 3:2

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and 330 litres of barley.  ,,

2 Samuel 3:14

Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, ‘Give me back my wife Michal. I was engaged to her for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.’

Genesis 31:41

For twenty years in your household I served you #– #fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks   #– #and you have changed my wages ten times!

Genesis 29:30

Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Genesis 24:67

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 29:19

Laban replied, ‘Better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay with me.’

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children that I have worked for, and let me go.  You know how hard I have worked for you.’