Genesis 29:18

18 Und Jakob gewann die Rahel lieb und sprach: Ich will dir sieben Jahre um Rahel, deine jüngere Tochter, dienen.

Genesis 29:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:18

And Jacob loved Rachel
As he seems to have done from the moment he saw her at the well, being beautiful, modest, humble, affable, diligent, and industrious:

and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger
daughter:
signifying, that he desired no other wages for his service than that, that he might have her for his wife, at the end of seven years' servitude, which he was very willing to oblige himself to, on that condition; for having no money to give as a dowry, as was customary in those times, he proposed servitude instead of it; though Schmidt thinks this was contrary to custom, and that Laban treated his daughters like bondmaids, and such as are taken captives or strangers, and sold them, of which they complain, ( Genesis 31:15 ) .

Genesis 29:18 In-Context

16 Laban aber hatte zwei Töchter; die ältere hieß Lea und die jüngere Rahel. {~}

17 Aber Lea hatte ein blödes Gesicht, Rahel war hübsch und schön.

18 Und Jakob gewann die Rahel lieb und sprach: Ich will dir sieben Jahre um Rahel, deine jüngere Tochter, dienen.

19 Laban antwortete: Es ist besser, ich gebe sie dir als einem andern; bleibe bei mir. {~} {~}

20 Also diente Jakob um Rahel sieben Jahre, und sie deuchten ihn, als wären's einzelne Tage, so lieb hatte er sie.