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Genesis Chapter 29 verse 18 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 29:18

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

And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.
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DARBY Genesis 29:18

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

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

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

Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
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YLT Genesis 29:18

And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - And Jacob loved Rachel (it is more than probable that this was an illustration of what is known as "love at first sight" on the part of Rachel as well as Jacob); and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. Having no property, with which to buy his wife, according to Oriental custom (Kalisch), or to give the usual dowry for her to her father (Keil), - cf. Genesis 14:53; 34:12; 1 Samuel 18:25, - Jacob's offer was at once accepted by his grasping uncle, though he was that uncle's "brother" (ver. 15).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.--Heb., thy daughter, the little one, just as Leah, in Genesis 29:16, is called the great one. (See Note on Genesis 9:24.) So in Genesis 44:20, the phrase "the little one" simply means the youngest. Wives had to be purchased in the East (Genesis 24:53), and as Jacob had brought no rich presents, such as Abraham had sent when seeking a wife for his son, he had only his personal services to offer. As the sale was usually veiled in true Oriental fashion under the specious form of freewill gifts, we shall find that both Leah and Rachel are offended at being thus openly bartered by Laban.