Genesis 29:18
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 29
“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”Genesis 29:18
What Does Genesis 29:18 Mean?
Genesis 29:18 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 29, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Genesis 29:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Hosea 12:12“And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.”Exodus 22:16“And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.”Genesis 29:30“And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”Genesis 34:12“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.”Genesis 24:67“And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.”Genesis 29:17“Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.”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.”Genesis 31:41“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.”2 Samuel 3:14“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.”2 Samuel 13:1“And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.”Hosea 3:2“So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:”Genesis 29:21“And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.”Genesis 44:27“And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:”Genesis 46:19“The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.”Deuteronomy 21:11“And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;”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:”Ruth 4:10“Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.”1 Samuel 18:25“And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.”
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