Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman. 30 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. 31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
Cross References
Genesis 31:41
These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Genesis 29:31
Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
Genesis 30:25-26
Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
Genesis 31:15
Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.
Genesis 44:20
And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.
Genesis 44:27
And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:
1 Samuel 18:17-27
And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Matthew 6:24
No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
Matthew 10:37
He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
Luke 14:26
And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
John 12:25
He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.