Now JacoblovedRachel,so he said,"I will serveyou sevenyearsfor your youngerdaughterRachel."
Then Isaacbroughther into his motherSarah'stent,and he tookRebekah,and she becamehis wife,and he lovedher; thus Isaacwas comfortedafterhis mother'sdeath.
Labansaid,"It is betterthat I giveher to you thanto giveher to anotherman;staywith me."
So Jacobservedsevenyearsfor Racheland they seemedto him but a fewdaysbecause of his lovefor her.
So [Jacob] wentin to Rachelalso,and indeedhe lovedRachelmorethanLeah,and he servedwith Laban for anothersevenyears.
"Give[me] my wivesand my childrenfor whomI have servedyou, and let me depart;for you yourselfknowmy servicewhichI have renderedyou."
"ThesetwentyyearsI have been in your house;I servedyou fourteenyearsfor your twodaughtersand sixyearsfor your flock,and you changedmy wagestentimes.
"Askme ever somuchbridalpaymentand gift,and I will giveaccording as you sayto me; but giveme the girlin marriage."
So Davidsentmessengersto Ish-bosheth,Saul'sson,saying,"Giveme my wifeMichal,to whomI was betrothedfor a hundredforeskinsof the Philistines."
Now Jacobfledto the landof Aram,And Israelworkedfor a wife,And for a wifehe kept[sheep].
So I boughther for myself for fifteen[shekels] of silverand a homerand a halfof barley.