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Genesis 29:18–19

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And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
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From verse 18

  1. Hosea 12:12Rank 1 from verse 18
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    12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

  2. Exodus 22:16–17Rank 2 from verse 18
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    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.

    17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  3. Genesis 34:12Rank 3 from verse 18
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    12Ask 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.

  4. 2 Samuel 3:14Rank 4 from verse 18
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    14And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

  5. Genesis 29:20Rank 5 from verse 18
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    20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

  6. Genesis 29:30Rank 6 from verse 18
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    30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

  7. Genesis 31:41Rank 7 from verse 18
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    41Thus 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.

  8. Hosea 3:2Rank 8 from verse 18
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    2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

From verse 19

  1. Isaiah 6:11Rank 1 from verse 19
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    11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

  2. Isaiah 6:5Rank 2 from verse 19
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    5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  3. Psalms 12:2Rank 3 from verse 19
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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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Genesis 29:18

COMBINED MEANING

loved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of love, meaning to regard with affection or devotion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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Genesis 29:19

COMBINED MEANING

better

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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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abide

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1. To remain, stay, dwell, wait, or continue in a place, state, or relation. 2. To endure or withstand.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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29:15¶ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

29:16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

29:17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

29:18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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29:19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

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29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

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