30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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.
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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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