Genesis 29:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

After seven years Jacob said to Laban, “Give me Rachel so that I can marry her. My time of work for you is finished.”

Cross References

Judges 15:1

At the time of the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat with him as a gift. He said, “I am going to my wife’s room.” But her father would not let Samson go in.

Matthew 1:18

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened. His mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph. But before they married, he learned that she was expecting a baby. (She was pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.)

Genesis 38:16

So he went to her and said, “Let me have sex with you.” (Judah did not know that she was Tamar, his daughter-in-law.) She said, “How much will you give me?”

Genesis 31:41

I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban for seven years. But it seemed like a very short time because he loved Rachel very much.

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel, so he said to Laban, “I will work seven years for you if you will allow me to marry your daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 4:1

Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Cain. Eve said, “With the Lord’s help, I have made a man!”

Genesis 29:22

So Laban gave a party for all the people in that place.

Deuteronomy 22:13

“A man might marry a woman and have sexual relations with her. Then he might decide that he does not like her.