Genesis 29:30

30 Then he also went in to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.

Genesis 29:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:30

And he went in also unto Rachel
Cohabited with her as his wife:

and he loved also Rachel more than Leah;
she was his first love, and he retained the same love for her he ever had; as appears by his willingness to agree to the same condition of seven years' servitude more for her sake, and which he performed as follows:

and served with him, yet seven other years;
that is, Jacob served so many years with Laban after he had married his two daughters, and fulfilled the weeks of feasting for each of them.

Genesis 29:30 In-Context

28 And Jacob did so. So he completed the week of this [one], then he gave Rachel his daughter to him as a wife.
29 And Laban gave Bilhah his female servant to Rachel his daughter as a female servant.
30 Then he also went in to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.
31 When Yahweh saw that Leah [was] unloved he opened her womb, but Rachel [was] barren.
32 Then Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because Yahweh has noticed my misery, that I [am] unloved. Now my husband will love me."
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