And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
WEB
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
YLT
And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'
DBT
And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)