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Genesis 29:30–32

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And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
¶ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
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From verse 30

  1. Genesis 31:41Rank 1 from verse 30
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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.

  2. Genesis 29:18Rank 2 from verse 30
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    18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

  3. Genesis 29:20Rank 3 from verse 30
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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.

  4. Genesis 31:15Rank 4 from verse 30
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    15Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

  5. Genesis 44:27Rank 5 from verse 30
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    27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

  6. Matthew 10:37Rank 6 from verse 30
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    37He 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.

  7. 1 Samuel 18:17–27Rank 7 from verse 30
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    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.

    18And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

    19But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

    20And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

    21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

    22¶ And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.

    23And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

    25And 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.

    26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

    27Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

  8. Deuteronomy 21:15Rank 8 from verse 30
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    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:

  9. Genesis 29:31Rank 9 from verse 30
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    31¶ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  10. Genesis 30:25–26Rank 10 from verse 30
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    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.

    26Give 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.

  11. Genesis 44:20Rank 11 from verse 30
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    20And 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.

  12. Hosea 12:12Rank 12 from verse 30
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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.

  13. John 12:25Rank 13 from verse 30
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    25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

  14. Luke 14:26Rank 14 from verse 30
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    26If 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.

  15. Matthew 6:24Rank 15 from verse 30
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    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.

From verse 31

  1. 1 Samuel 2:21Rank 1 from verse 31
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    21And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

  2. Psalms 127:3Rank 2 from verse 31
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    3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:5Rank 3 from verse 31
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    5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.

  4. Deuteronomy 21:15Rank 4 from verse 31
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    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:

  5. Genesis 20:18–2Rank 5 from verse 31
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  6. Genesis 30:1–2Rank 6 from verse 31
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    1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

    2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

  7. Matthew 10:37Rank 7 from verse 31
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    37He 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.

  8. Exodus 3:7Rank 8 from verse 31
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    7¶ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

  9. Genesis 29:30Rank 9 from verse 31
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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.

  10. Judges 13:2–3Rank 10 from verse 31
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    2¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

    3And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

  11. Luke 1:7Rank 11 from verse 31
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    7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

  12. Genesis 25:21Rank 12 from verse 31
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    21And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

  13. Genesis 27:41Rank 13 from verse 31
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    41¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

  14. Genesis 30:22Rank 14 from verse 31
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    22¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

  15. John 12:25Rank 15 from verse 31
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    25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

  16. Luke 14:26Rank 16 from verse 31
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    26If 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.

  17. Malachi 1:3Rank 17 from verse 31
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    3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

  18. 1 Samuel 1:20Rank 18 from verse 31
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    20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

  19. 1 Samuel 1:27Rank 19 from verse 31
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    27For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

  20. Matthew 6:24Rank 20 from verse 31
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    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.

  21. Genesis 16:1Rank 21 from verse 31
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    1NOW Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

From verse 32

  1. Deuteronomy 26:7Rank 1 from verse 32
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    7And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

  2. Exodus 3:7Rank 2 from verse 32
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    7¶ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

  3. Exodus 4:31Rank 3 from verse 32
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    31And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

  4. 1 Samuel 1:11Rank 4 from verse 32
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    11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.

  5. 1 Samuel 1:20Rank 5 from verse 32
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    20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

  6. 2 Samuel 16:12Rank 6 from verse 32
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    12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

  7. Genesis 31:42Rank 7 from verse 32
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    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

  8. Genesis 37:21–22Rank 8 from verse 32
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    21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

    22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

  9. Genesis 42:22Rank 9 from verse 32
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    22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

  10. Genesis 42:27Rank 10 from verse 32
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    27And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.

  11. Genesis 46:8–9Rank 11 from verse 32
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    8¶ And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

    9And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

  12. Genesis 49:3–4Rank 12 from verse 32
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    3¶ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

    4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

  13. Luke 1:25Rank 13 from verse 32
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    25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

  14. Psalms 106:44Rank 14 from verse 32
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    44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

  15. Psalms 25:18Rank 15 from verse 32
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    18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

  16. 1 Chronicles 5:1Rank 16 from verse 32
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    1NOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

  17. Genesis 16:11Rank 17 from verse 32
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    11And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

  18. Genesis 35:22Rank 18 from verse 32
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    22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  19. Genesis 37:29Rank 19 from verse 32
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    29¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

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Genesis 29:30

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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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

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served

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of serve, meaning to work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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Genesis 29:31

COMBINED MEANING

hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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

COMBINED MEANING

opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

barren

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1. Unable to bear offspring. 2. Unproductive or unable to yield fruit or increase; desolate.

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

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Genesis 29:32

COMBINED MEANING

conceived

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of conceive, meaning to become pregnant. Sense 2: To form an idea, plan, purpose, or understanding in the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bare

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1. As the past tense of bear, brought forth or gave birth to offspring; also produced fruit or other increase. 2. Carried, conveyed, supported, lifted, or sustained a person, object, or load. 3. Bore, endured, or took upon oneself a loss, infirmity, sin, or other burden. 4. Gave witness or record; testified. 5. Exercised rule or authority. 6. As an adjective, uncovered, naked, exposed, stripped, or without covering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

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

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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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looked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.

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COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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husband

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Sense 1: A married man in relation to his wife. Sense 2: One who manages or cultivates carefully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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29:21¶ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

29:22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

29:23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

29:25And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

29:26And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

29:27Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

29:28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

29:30And 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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29:31¶ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

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29:32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

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29:33And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

29:34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

29:35And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

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