Genesis 29:30
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 29
“And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”Genesis 29:30
What Does Genesis 29:30 Mean?
Genesis 29:30 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 29, verse 30 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Genesis 29:30 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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.”Genesis 29:31“And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”Genesis 30:26“Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.”Genesis 29:18“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”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 31:15“Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.”Genesis 44:27“And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:”Matthew 10:37“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.”Genesis 30:25“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 44:20“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:”1 Samuel 1:5“But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.”1 Samuel 18:17“And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.”Hosea 12:12“And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.”Luke 14:26“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”John 12:25“He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”Genesis 33:2“And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.”Malachi 1:3“And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.”Matthew 6:24“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
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