Genesis 29:27

Genesis 29:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
• New International Version (NIV)Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.”

Context of Genesis 29:27

25When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?” 26Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older. Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.” 28And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

Genesis 29:27 word by word

מַלֵּ֖א שְׁבֻ֣עַ זֹ֑את וְנִתְּנָ֨ה לְךָ֜ גַּם־אֶת־זֹ֗את בַּעֲבֹדָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲבֹ֣ד עִמָּדִ֔י ע֖וֹד שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֥ים אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Finishמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• week’s celebrationשָׁבוּעַshâbûa‛ shâbûa‛ shebû‛âh · weekH7620
• week’s celebrationגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• and we will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• in return forעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• anotherעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• ·עִמָּדִי‛immâd · with meH5978
• of workעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · serviceH5656

Cross-references for Genesis 29:27

• Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
• Genesis 8:10Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
• Leviticus 18:18You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
• Judges 14:10Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
• Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
• 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
• Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

Commentaries on Genesis 29:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Fulfill her week - The marriage feast, it appears, lasted seven days; it would not therefore have been proper to break off the solemnities to which all the men of the place had been invited, Genesis 29:22, and probably Laban wished to keep his fraud from the public eye; therefore he informs Jacob that if he will fulfill the marriage week for Leah, he will give him Rachel at the end of it, on condition of his serving seven other years. To this the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-35Verses 1-35 - Jacob‘s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh Zilpah, “drop?” 29. בלהה bı̂lhâh Bilhah, “timidity.” 32. ראוּבן re'uvbēn Reuben, “behold a son.” A paronomasia in allusion to the phrase בעניי ראה be‛ānyı̂y rā'âh Derivatives and compounds, being formed by the common speaker, are sometimes founded upon resemblance in sound, and not always on precise forms of the original sentence which…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-30Verses 15-30 During the month that Jacob spent as a guest, he was not idle. Wherever we are, it is good to employ ourselves in some useful business. Laban was desirous that Jacob should continue with him. Inferior relations must not be imposed upon; it is our duty to reward them. Jacob made known to Laban the affection he had for his daughter Rachel. And having no wordly goods with which to endow her, he promises seven years' service Love makes long and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-30Jacob looked forward with joy to marrying Rachel, but this hope became a time of testing. Laban acted with shrewdness (clever but not honest behavior), and Jacob was disciplined (corrected and trained). Jacob and his mother had deceived his father and brother to gain the blessing. Now Laban, his mother’s brother, deceived him. Jacob experienced the results of his own dishonesty through 20 years of hard work, suffering, and being misled while serving Laban…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. Then Jacob went, &c.--Hebrew, "lifted up his feet." He resumed his way next morning with a light heart and elastic step after the vision of the ladder; for tokens of the divine favor tend to quicken the discharge of duty (Ne 8:10). and came into the land, &c.--Mesopotamia and the whole region beyond the Euphrates are by the sacred writers designated "the East" (Jud 6:3; 1Ki 4:30; Job 1:3). Between the first and the second clause of this verse is…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 29:27

• Betrothal
• Children
• Contracts
• Covetousness
• Dishonesty
• Jacob
• Laban
• Marriage
• Rachel
• Seven
• Wages

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Commentaries on Genesis 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings