Genesis 29:19

The Message

“It is far better,” said Laban, “that I give her to you than marry her to some outsider. Yes. Stay here with me.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.

Isaiah 6:11

Astonished, I said, “And Master, how long is this to go on?” He said, “Until the cities are emptied out, not a soul left in the cities— Houses empty of people, countryside empty of people. Until I, God, get rid of everyone, sending them off, the land totally empty. And even if some should survive, say a tenth, the devastation will start up again. The country will look like pine and oak forest with every tree cut down— Every tree a stump, a huge field of stumps. But there’s a holy seed in those stumps.”

Jeremiah 29:6

“Marry and have children. Encourage your children to marry and have children so that you’ll thrive in that country and not waste away.