Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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 Bilhah his slave woman to his daughter Rachel, to be her handmaid. 30 And he also went in to Rachel. He also loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him still seven more years. 31 And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
Cross References
Genesis 31:41
And I have been twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six for your flocks. And you have changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him a few days, for the love he had for her.
Genesis 29:31
And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
Genesis 30:25-26
And when Rachel had borne Joseph, it happened that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away so that I may go into my own place and to my country.
Genesis 31:15
Are we not counted strangers by him? For he has sold us, and has also entirely devoured our silver.
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 your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons.
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him sons, the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son was of her that was hated,
1 Samuel 18:17-27
And Saul said to David, Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab for a wife. Only you be a brave son for me and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
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, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
John 12:25
He who loves his life shall lose it. And he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.