Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you."
Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.
So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.
Jacob answered and said to Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.
And Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have tricked me and driven away my daughters like captives of the sword?
You know that I have served your father with all my strength,
Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."