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Genesis 29:30

What does Genesis 29:30 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 29:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

v.30This passage

v.31And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 6:24

    No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • Hosea 12:12

    And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

  • Genesis 30:25

    And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

  • Genesis 31:15

    Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

  • 1 Samuel 18:17

    And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah’s battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

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