Genesis 29:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ Jacob loved Rachel. Jacob said to Laban, “I will work seven years for you if you will allow me to marry your daughter Rachel.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, I will work for you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Jacob loved Rachel and said, “I will work for you for seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And Jacob, loving her, said, "I will serve you for seven years, for your younger daughter Rachel."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And Jacob being in love with her said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:18 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 24:67

Then Isaac brought the girl into his mother’s tent. Rebekah became Isaac’s wife that day. Isaac loved her very much. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 29:19

Laban said, “It would be better for her to marry you than someone else. So stay with me.”

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban for seven years. But it seemed like a very short time because he loved Rachel very much.

Genesis 29:30

So Jacob had sexual relations with Rachel also. And Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children. I have earned them by working for you {14 years}. You know that I served you well.”

Genesis 31:41

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.

Genesis 34:12

I will give you any gift [195] you want if you only allow me to marry Dinah. I will give you anything you ask, but let me marry Dinah.”

2 Samuel 3:14

David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ish Bosheth. David said, “Give me my wife Michal. She was promised to me. I killed 100 Philistines to get her.” [19]

Hosea 12:12

“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.

Hosea 3:2

So I bought Gomer 6 ounces {\cf2\super [26]} of silver and 9 bushels {\cf2\super [27]} of barley.