18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”(A)

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18 Jacob was in love with Rachel(A) and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”(B)

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20 So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

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20 So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel,(A) but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.(B)

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27 Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

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27 Finish this daughter’s bridal week;(A) then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.(B)

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Further Indictment of Jacob’s Heirs

12 Jacob fled to the territory of Aram.(A)
Israel worked to earn a wife;(B)
he tended flocks for a wife.(C)

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12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[a];(A)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia