Genesis 29:18 · KJV
“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”
— Genesis 29:18
Leah {was} tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
And Laban said, {It is} better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Genesis 29 — Context
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder {was} Leah, and the name of the younger {was} Rachel.
17Leah {was} tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19And Laban said, {It is} better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her.
Cross References
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}.
Exodus 22:16-17
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
Genesis 34:12
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Genesis 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Hosea 3:2
So I bought her to me for fifteen {pieces} of silver, and {for} an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: {half...: Heb. lethech}
Genesis 31:41
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her.
2 Samuel 3:14
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver {me} my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.