Jacob loved Rachel. Jacob said to Laban, “I will work seven years for you if you will allow me to marry your daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 29:21 - Easy To Read Version After seven years Jacob said to Laban, “Give me Rachel so that I can marry her. My time of work for you is finished.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Finally, Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my time is completed, so that I may take her to me. American Standard Version (1901) And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Common English Bible Jacob said to Laban, “The time has come. Give me my wife so that I may sleep with her.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to Laban, "Give my wife to me. For now the time has been fulfilled, so that I may go in to her." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. |
Jacob loved Rachel. Jacob said to Laban, “I will work seven years for you if you will allow me to marry your daughter Rachel.”
So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban for seven years. But it seemed like a very short time because he loved Rachel very much.
I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
So Judah went to her and said, “Let me have sexual relations with you” (Judah did not know that she was Tamar, his daughter-in-law.)
Adam and his wife Eve had sexual relations and Eve gave birth to a baby. The baby was named Cain. [24] Eve said, “With the Lord’s help, I have made a man!”
The mother of Jesus Christ was Mary. And this is how the birth of Jesus happened. Mary was engaged to marry Joseph. But before they married, Mary learned that she was pregnant with a child. Mary was pregnant by \{the power of\} the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}
“A man might marry a girl and have sexual relations with her. Then he might decide that he does not like her.
At the time of the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat with him as a gift. He said, “I am going to my wife’s room.”