And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Genesis 29:27 - King James Version - American Edition Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Finish the [wedding feast] week [for Leah]; then we will give you [Rachel] also, and you shall work for me yet seven more years in return. American Standard Version (1901) Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. Common English Bible Complete the celebratory week with this woman. Then I will give you this other woman too for your work, if you work for me seven more years.” Catholic Public Domain Version Complete a week of days with this mating. And then I will give this one to you also, for the service that you will provide to me for another seven years." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Make up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years. |
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life time.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: