Genesis 29:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Jacob loved Rachel. So he offered, "I'll work seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

YLT:

And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, 'I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'

Genesis 29:18 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 24:67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Hosea 12:12 Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

29:15-30 During the month that Jacob spent as a guest, he was not idle. Wherever we are, it is good to employ ourselves in some useful business. Laban was desirous that Jacob should continue with him. Inferior relations must not be imposed upon; it is our duty to reward them. Jacob made known to Laban the affection he had for his daughter Rachel. And having no wordly goods with which to endow her, he promises seven years' service Love makes long and hard services short and easy; hence we read of the labour of love, Heb 6:10. If we know how to value the happiness of heaven, the sufferings of this present time will be as nothing to us. An age of work will be but as a few days to those that love God, and long for Christ's appearing. Jacob, who had imposed upon his father, is imposed upon by Laban, his father-in-law, by a like deception. Herein, how unrighteous soever Laban was, the Lord was righteous: see Jud 1:7. Even the righteous, if they take a false step, are sometimes thus recompensed in the earth. And many who are not, like Jacob, in their marriage, disappointed in person, soon find themselves, as much to their grief, disappointed in the character. The choice of that relation ought to be made with good advice and thought on both sides. There is reason to believe that Laban's excuse was not true. His way of settling the matter made bad worse. Jacob was drawn into the disquiet of multiplying wives. He could not refuse Rachel, for he had espoused her; still less could he refuse Leah. As yet there was no express command against marrying more than one wife. It was in the patriarchs a sin of ignorance; but it will not justify the like practice now, when God's will is plainly made known by the Divine law, Le 18:18, and more fully since, by our Saviour, that one man and woman only must be joined together, 1Co 7:2.

CONC:

Daughter I'll Jacob Love Loved Loveth Rachel Return Servant Serve Seven Younger

Daughter I'll Jacob Loved Rachel Servant Serve Seven Work Younger

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