Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years. New Living Translation So Jacob slept with Rachel, too, and he loved her much more than Leah. He then stayed and worked for Laban the additional seven years. English Standard Version So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years. Berean Standard Bible Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. King James Bible And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. New King James Version Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years. New American Standard Bible So Jacob had relations with Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years. NASB 1995 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years. NASB 1977 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years. Legacy Standard Bible So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years. Holman Christian Standard Bible Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven 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. English Revised Version And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jacob slept with Rachel too. He loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. Good News Translation Jacob had intercourse with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Then 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. Majority Standard Bible Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. 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 So he slept with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked with him another seven years. Webster's Bible Translation 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 seven more years. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he also goes in to Rachel, and he also loves Rachel more than Leah; and he serves with him yet seven other years. Young's 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. Smith's Literal 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And, having at last obtained the marriage he desired, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and he served with him another seven years. New American Bible Jacob then consummated his marriage with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Thus he served Laban another seven years. New Revised Standard Version So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He served Laban for another seven years. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he went in unto Rachel also, and he loved Rachel also more than Leah, and served with Laban another seven years. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he went in also unto Rakhyl and he loved Rakhyl also more than Leah, and he worked with him again seven more years. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel…29Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant. 30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. Cross References 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 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 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 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 16:4-5 And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. / Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.” Exodus 21:10 If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife. Deuteronomy 21:15-17 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son, / when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife. / Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him. 1 Samuel 1:2 He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. 1 Kings 11:1-3 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. Malachi 2:14-15 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. Matthew 19:4-6 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Mark 10:6-9 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ / ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, / and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. ... Luke 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. John 4:16-18 Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” / “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband. / In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.” Romans 7:2-3 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. / So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. Treasury of Scripture And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. he loved. Genesis 29:20,31 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her… Genesis 44:20,27 And we said unto 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 loveth him… Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: served. Genesis 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. Genesis 30:25,26 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country… Genesis 31:15,41 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money… Jump to Previous Indeed Jacob Lay Loved Rachel Served Serveth Seven Wife Worked WorkingJump to Next Indeed Jacob Lay Loved Rachel Served Serveth Seven Wife Worked WorkingGenesis 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. So Jacob slept with Rachel as well This phrase marks a significant moment in Jacob's life, as it signifies the consummation of his marriage to Rachel, the woman he loved deeply. The Hebrew word for "slept" here is "בּוֹא" (bo), which can mean to come in or to enter, often used euphemistically for sexual relations. This act was not just a physical union but also a fulfillment of Jacob's long-held desire. In the cultural and historical context of the Ancient Near East, marriage was a covenantal act, and this consummation solidified Rachel's status as Jacob's wife. It is a poignant reminder of the personal and relational complexities that can arise even within God's providential plans. and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah And he worked for Laban another seven years CHAPTER 29:31-35 Hebrew Jacob slept withוַיָּבֹא֙ (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go Rachel רָחֵ֔ל (rā·ḥêl) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob as well, גַּ֣ם (gam) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and and indeed, גַּֽם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and he loved וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב (way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f Rachel רָחֵ֖ל (rā·ḥêl) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob more than Leah. מִלֵּאָ֑ה (mil·lê·’āh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3812: Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacob So he worked וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד (way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave for עִמּ֔וֹ (‘im·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with Laban ע֖וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more 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 Links Genesis 29:30 NIVGenesis 29:30 NLT Genesis 29:30 ESV Genesis 29:30 NASB Genesis 29:30 KJV Genesis 29:30 BibleApps.com Genesis 29:30 Biblia Paralela Genesis 29:30 Chinese Bible Genesis 29:30 French Bible Genesis 29:30 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 29:30 He went in also to Rachel (Gen. 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