Genesis 29:18

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Jacob being in love with her said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Cross References

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

Genesis 34:12

Raise the dowery, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

Hosea 3:2

And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley.

2 Samuel 3:14

And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

Genesis 31:41

And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years; fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.

Genesis 29:30

And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

Genesis 24:67

Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife. And he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death.

Genesis 29:19

Lahan answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.