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Genesis 29:30

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

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ASV

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

KJV

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935 →
גַּ֣םgamalsoH1571 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
רָחֵ֔לra.ChelRachelH7354 →
וַיֶּאֱהַ֥בvai.ye.'e.Havand he lovedH157 →
גַּֽם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
רָחֵ֖לra.ChelRachelH7354 →
מִלֵּאָ֑הmi.le.'Ahmore than LeahH3812 →
וַיַּעֲבֹ֣דvai.ya.'a.Vodand he servedH5647 →
עִמּ֔וֹi.Mowith himH5973 →
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750 →
שֶֽׁבַע־she.va'-sevenH7651 →
שָׁנִ֥יםsha.NimyearsH8141 →
אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃'a.che.RotanotherH312 →

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Genesis 31:41Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!Genesis 30:26Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”Genesis 29:18Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”Genesis 31:15Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.Genesis 44:27And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;Genesis 30:25–26Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.1 Samuel 18:17–27Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.Genesis 33:2He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

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Jacob Tends Laban's Flocks and Meets Rachel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob Tends Laban's Flocks and Meets Rachel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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