20Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.


In Context

17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, |I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.|

19 Laban said, |It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.|

20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

21 Jacob said to Laban, |Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.|

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

Genesis 29:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:20So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her.