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Genesis 29

Gen. 29:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he went in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
also unto Rachel
Rachel (Hebrew #7354)
Rachel, a wife of Jacob
KJV usage: Rachel.
Pronounce: raw-khale'
Origin: the same as 7353
, and he loved
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
also Rachel
Rachel (Hebrew #7354)
Rachel, a wife of Jacob
KJV usage: Rachel.
Pronounce: raw-khale'
Origin: the same as 7353
g more than Leah
Le'ah (Hebrew #3812)
weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob
KJV usage: Leah.
Pronounce: lay-aw'
Origin: from 3811
, and served
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
with him yet seven
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
other
'acher (Hebrew #312)
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
KJV usage: (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
Pronounce: akh-air'
Origin: from 309
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
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Gen. 29:20• 20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her. (Gen. 29:20)
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Deut. 21:15• 15If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated; (Deut. 21:15)

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Cross References

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he loved.
Gen. 29:20,31• 20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.
 31And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. (Gen. 29:20,31)
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Gen. 44:20,27• 20And we said to my lord, We have an aged father, and a child born to him in his old age, yet young; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.
 27And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons; (Gen. 44:20,27)
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Deut. 21:15• 15If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated; (Deut. 21:15)
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Matt. 6:24• 24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matt. 6:24)
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Matt. 10:37• 37He 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. (Matt. 10:37)
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Luke 14:26• 26If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple; (Luke 14:26)
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John 12:25• 25He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal. (John 12:25)
served.
Gen. 29:18• 18And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (Gen. 29:18)
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Gen. 30:25‑26• 25And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my country.
 26Give me my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee. (Gen. 30:25‑26)
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Gen. 31:15,41• 15Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money.
 41I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times. (Gen. 31:15,41)
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1 Sam. 18:17‑27• 17And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.
 18And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
 19And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
 20And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
 21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
 22And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
 23And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
 24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
 25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
 26And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,
 27when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. (1 Sam. 18:17‑27)
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Hos. 12:12• 12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. (Hos. 12:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with himd yet seven other years.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "served him."