Genesis 29:30 - Easy To Read Version So Jacob had sexual relations with Rachel also. And Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Jacob lived with Rachel also as his wife, and he loved Rachel more than Leah and served [Laban] another seven years [for her]. American Standard Version (1901) And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Common English Bible Jacob slept with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban seven more years. Catholic Public Domain Version And, having at last obtained the marriage he desired, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and he served with him another seven years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years. |
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.
The Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. So the Lord made it possible for Leah to have children. But Rachel did not have any children.
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.
And we answered you, ‘We have a father—he is an old man. And we have a young brother. Our father loves that son because he was born while our father was old. And that young son’s brother is dead. So this is the only son that is left born from that mother. Our father loves him very much.’
Then my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife Rachel gave me two sons.
“Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. In that place, Israel {\cf2\super [140]} worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.
“Any person that loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me. Any person who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me.
“No person can serve two masters at the same time. He will hate one master and love the other master. Or he will follow one master and refuse to follow the other master. So you cannot serve God and Money {\cf2\super [81]} at the same time.
“If a person comes to me, but will not leave his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters, then that person cannot be my follower. A person must love me more than he loves anything—even his own life!
The person that loves his own life will lose it. But the person that hates his life in this world will keep it. He will have life forever.
“A man might have two wives. And he might love one wife more than the other. Both wives might have children for him. And the first child might be the child of the wife he does not love.