Genesis 29:21

New International Reader's Version

Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife. I’ve completed my time. I want to sleep with her.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

Jacob was in love with Rachel. He said to Laban, “I’ll work for you for seven years so I can marry your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob worked for seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because he loved her so much.

Genesis 29:22

So Laban brought all the people of the place together and had a feast prepared.

Genesis 31:41

That’s what it was like for the 20 years I was living with you. I worked for 14 years to marry your two daughters. I worked for six years to get my share of your flocks. You changed my pay ten times.

Genesis 38:16

He didn’t realize that she was his daughter-in-law. He went over to her by the side of the road. He said, “Come. Let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.

Genesis 4:1

Adam loved his wife Eve and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the Lord’s help I have had a baby boy.”

Matthew 1:18

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about. His mother Mary and Joseph had promised to get married. But before they started to live together, it became clear that she was going to have a baby. She became pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Deuteronomy 22:13

Suppose a man marries a woman and sleeps with her. But then he doesn’t like her.

Judges 15:1

Later on, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat with him. He went at the time the wheat was being gathered. He said, “I’m going to my wife’s room.” But her father wouldn’t let him go in.