Genesis 29:18

Good News Translation

Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, “I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel.”

Cross References

Genesis 24:67

Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.

Genesis 29:19

Laban answered, “I would rather give her to you than to anyone else; stay here with me.”

Genesis 29:20

Jacob worked seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few days to him, because he loved her.

Genesis 29:30

Jacob had intercourse with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban another seven years.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. You know how well I have served you.”

Genesis 31:41

It was like that for the whole twenty years I was with you. For fourteen years I worked to win your two daughters—and six years for your flocks. And even then, you changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 34:12

Tell me what presents you want, and set the payment for the bride as high as you wish; I will give you whatever you ask, if you will only let me marry her.”

2 Samuel 3:14

And David also sent messengers to Ishbosheth to say, “Give me back my wife Michal. I paid a hundred Philistine foreskins in order to marry her.”

Hosea 12:12

Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep.

Hosea 3:2

So I paid fifteen pieces of silver and seven bushels of barley to buy her.