Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.” New Living Translation “But wait until the bridal week is over; then we’ll give you Rachel, too—provided you promise to work another seven years for me.” English Standard Version Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.” Berean Standard Bible Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.” King James Bible Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. New King James Version Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.” New American Standard Bible Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me, for another seven years.” NASB 1995 “Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.” NASB 1977 “Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.” Legacy Standard Bible Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.” Amplified Bible Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years.” Christian Standard Bible Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.” American Standard Version Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. Contemporary English Version After you spend this week with Leah, you may also marry Rachel. But you will have to work for me another seven years." English Revised Version Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. GOD'S WORD® Translation Finish the week of wedding festivities with this daughter. Then we will give you the other one too. But you'll have to work for me another seven years." Good News Translation Wait until the week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you will work for me another seven years." International Standard Version Fulfill the week for this daughter, then we'll give you the other one in exchange for serving me another seven years." Majority Standard Bible Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.” NET Bible Complete my older daughter's bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work." New Heart English Bible Fulfill the week of this one, and I will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me another seven years." Webster's Bible Translation Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. World English Bible Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfulfill the period of seven [for] this one, and we also give to you this one, for the service which you serve with me yet seven other years.” Young's Literal Translation fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.' Smith's Literal Translation Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMake up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years. Catholic Public Domain Version Complete a week of days with this mating. And then I will give this one to you also, for the service that you will provide to me for another seven years.” New American Bible Finish the bridal week for this one, and then the other will also be given to you in return for another seven years of service with me.” New Revised Standard Version Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFinish the wedding feast for this one, and then I will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me yet another seven years. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Complete the wedding of this one and I shall give her to you also for the service that you will serve again with me for seven more years. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.' Brenton Septuagint Translation Fulfil then her sevens, and I will give to thee her also in return for thy labour, which thou labourest with me, yet seven other years. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel…26Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older. 27Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.” 28And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.… Cross References Genesis 31:41 Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times! Genesis 30:26-28 Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.” / But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.” / And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.” Genesis 24:55 But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.” Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 25:20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. Genesis 28:2 “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. Genesis 24:67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death. Genesis 31:7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me. Genesis 31:38 I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock. Exodus 21:2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. Leviticus 18:18 You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive. Deuteronomy 25:5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. Ruth 4:10 Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.” 1 Samuel 18:27 David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage. 1 Samuel 25:44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim. Treasury of Scripture Fulfill her week, and we will give you this also for the service which you shall serve with me yet seven other years. week. Genesis 2:2,3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made… Genesis 8:10-12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; … Leviticus 18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. we will. 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. Jump to Previous Addition Bridal Bride-Feast Complete Daughter's End Finish Fulfil Fulfill Servant Serve Service Serving Seven Week Work YoungerJump to Next Addition Bridal Bride-Feast Complete Daughter's End Finish Fulfil Fulfill Servant Serve Service Serving Seven Week Work YoungerGenesis 29 1. Jacob comes to the well of Haran.9. He becomes acquainted with Rachel. 13. Laban entertains him. 18. Jacob covenants for Rachel. 23. He is deceived by Laban with Leah. 28. He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more. 32. Leah bears Reuben; 33. Simeon; 34. Levi; 35. and Judah. Finish this week’s celebration The phrase refers to the completion of the wedding festivities, which traditionally lasted a week in ancient Near Eastern cultures. The Hebrew word for "week" is "שָׁבוּעַ" (shavua), which literally means a period of seven. This reflects the cultural importance of marriage and the communal joy shared during such events. The celebration was not just a personal affair but a community event, emphasizing the social and covenantal nature of marriage in biblical times. and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work And Jacob did just that He finished the week’s celebration and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Finishמַלֵּ֖א (mal·lê) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of this זֹ֑את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, week’s celebration, שְׁבֻ֣עַ (šə·ḇu·a‘) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7620: A period of seven (days, years), heptad, week and we will give וְנִתְּנָ֨ה (wə·nit·tə·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set you לְךָ֜ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew the younger one זֹ֗את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, in return for תַּעֲבֹ֣ד (ta·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave another אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃ (’ă·ḥê·rō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other seven שֶֽׁבַע־ (še·ḇa‘-) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number years שָׁנִ֥ים (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8141: A year of work.” בַּעֲבֹדָה֙ (ba·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5656: Work of any kind Links Genesis 29:27 NIVGenesis 29:27 NLT Genesis 29:27 ESV Genesis 29:27 NASB Genesis 29:27 KJV Genesis 29:27 BibleApps.com Genesis 29:27 Biblia Paralela Genesis 29:27 Chinese Bible Genesis 29:27 French Bible Genesis 29:27 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 29:27 Fulfill the week of this one (Gen. 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