18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. …
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.
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.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-30)Here is, I. The fair contract made between Laban and Jacob, during the month that Jacob spent there as a guest, Gen. 29:14. It seems he was not idle, nor did he spend his time in sport and pastime; but like a man of business, though he had no stock of his own, he applied himself to serve his uncle, as he had begun (Gen. 29:10) when he watered his flock . Note, Wherever we are, it is good to be emp…
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