And Jacob, loving her, said, "I will serve you for seven years, for your younger daughter Rachel."
Deuteronomy 21:15 - Catholic Public Domain Version If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn, 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be her's that was hated: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man has two wives, one loved and the other disliked, and they both have borne him children, and if the firstborn son is the son of the one who is disliked, American Standard Version (1901) If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; Common English Bible Now suppose a man has two wives—one of them loved and the other unloved. Both wives bear children, but the oldest male is the unloved wife’s child. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn: English Standard Version 2016 “If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, |
And Jacob, loving her, said, "I will serve you for seven years, for your younger daughter Rachel."
Therefore, Jacob served for seven years for Rachel. And these seemed like only a few days, because of the greatness of love.
And again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, "Because the Lord heard that I was treated with contempt, he has also given this one to me." And she called his name Simeon.
Truly, he appointed as the head, Abijah, the son of Maacah, to be the ruler over all his brothers. For he thought to make him king,
and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.
And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. And Peninnah had sons. But Hannah did not have children.