Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And he also went in to Rachel, and also he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
New American Standard Bible
So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed
King James Version
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Holman Bible
Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
International Standard Version
Jacob also married Rachel, since he loved her. He served Laban another full seven years' work for Rachel.
American Standard Version
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Amplified
So Jacob consummated his marriage and lived with Rachel [as his wife], and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.
Darby Translation
And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will go in also to Rachel, and he will also love Rachel more than Leah, and he will serve with him yet other seven years.
King James 2000
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he also went in to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.
Modern King James verseion
And he also went in to Rachel. He also loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him still seven more years.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So lay he by Rachel also, and loved Rachel more than Lea, and served him yet seven years more.
NET Bible
Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.
New Heart English Bible
He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
The Emphasized Bible
So he went in, unto Rachel also, and loved, Rachel also, more than Leah, - and he served with him, yet seven years more.
Webster
And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
World English Bible
He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.
Themes
Children » Instance of, leah and rachel
Contracts » First contract between laban and jacob for laban's daughter
Covetousness » Instances of » Laban » Deceiving » jacob
Dishonesty » Instances of » Laban's treatment of jacob
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of jacob, the bigamic jealousy between leah and rachel
Favoritism » Instances of » Jacob, for rachel
Incest » Instances of » Jacob with leah and rachel
jacob » Serves fourteen years for leah and rachel
jacob » Sojourns in haran with his uncle, laban
Laban » Receives jacob, and gives him his daughters in marriage
Lovers » Instances of » Jacob, for rachel
Marriage » Jacob and his wives
Polygamy » Domestic unhappiness » In jacob's family
Polygamy » The evil effects of » Jacob's
Rachel » Jacob serves laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wife
Seven » Years » Jacob serves for each of his wives for
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 29:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Deceived
29 And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid. 30 And he also went in to Rachel, and also he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Cross References
Genesis 31:41
These twenty years I have been in thy house. I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock. And thou have changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
Genesis 29:31
And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 30:25-26
And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
Genesis 31:15
Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.
Genesis 44:20
And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. And his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.
Genesis 44:27
And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons.
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives, the one beloved, and the other regarded inferior, and they have borne him sons, both the beloved and the one regarded inferior, and if the first-born son be hers who was regarded inferior,
1 Samuel 18:17-27
And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to thee for a wife. Only be thou valiant for me, and fight LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
Luke 14:26
If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.