God’s Word Translation
Genesis 29:27
27Finish the week of wedding festivities with this daughter. Then we will give you the other one too. But you’ll have to work for me another seven years.”
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
25“What have you done to me?” Jacob asked Laban. “Didn’t I work for you in return for Rachel? Why did you cheat me?” 26Laban answered, “It’s not our custom to give the younger daughter ⌞in marriage⌟ before the older one. Finish the week of wedding festivities with this daughter. Then we will give you the other one too. But you’ll have to work for me another seven years.” 28That’s what Jacob did. He finished the week with Leah. Then Laban gave his daughter Rachel to him as his wife. 29(Laban had given his slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.)
Read all of Genesis 29Genesis 29:27 word by word
מַלֵּ֖א שְׁבֻ֣עַ זֹ֑את וְנִתְּנָ֨ה לְךָ֜ גַּם־אֶת־זֹ֗את בַּעֲבֹדָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲבֹ֣ד עִמָּדִ֔י ע֖וֹד שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֥ים אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Fulfilמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- herזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
- weekשָׁבוּעַshâbûa‛ shâbûa‛ shebû‛âh · weekH7620
- and we will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
- thee this also for the serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · serviceH5656
- which thou shalt serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
- with me yet sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
Cross-references for Genesis 29:27
- Genesis 2:2By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. On the seventh day he stopped the work he had been doing.
- Genesis 8:10He waited seven more days and again sent the dove out of the ship.
- Leviticus 18:18While your wife is living, never marry her sister as a rival wife and have sexual intercourse with her.
- Judges 14:10After his father went to see the woman, Samson threw a party. (This is what young men used to do.)
- Malachi 2:15Didn’t ⌞God⌟ make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. And what does the same ⌞God⌟ look for but godly descendants? So be careful not to be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
- 1 Timothy 6:10Certainly, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people who have set their hearts on getting rich have wandered away from the Christian faith and have caused themselves a lot of grief.
- Genesis 29:20Jacob worked seven years in return for Rachel, but the years seemed like only a few days to him because he loved 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
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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
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