Cross References

Genesis 30:26

Good News Translation

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.”

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

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

Laban said to Jacob, “Why did you deceive me and carry off my daughters like women captured in war?

Jacob answered, “I was afraid, because I thought that you might take your daughters away from me.

You both know that I have worked for your father with all my strength.

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.