Genesis 29:20

The Message

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:19

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

Genesis 34:19

The young man was so smitten with Jacob’s daughter that he proceeded to do what had been asked. He was also the most admired son in his father’s family.

Hosea 12:12

Are you going to repeat the life of your ancestor Jacob? He ran off guilty to Aram, Then sold his soul to get ahead, and made it big through treachery and deceit. Your real identity is formed through God-sent prophets, who led you out of Egypt and served as faithful pastors. As it is, Ephraim has continually and inexcusably insulted God. Now he has to pay for his life-destroying ways. His Master will do to him what he has done.

1 Samuel 18:23

The king’s servants told all this to David, but David held back. “What are you thinking of? I can’t do that. I’m a nobody; I have nothing to offer.”