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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But wait until the bridal week is over; then we’ll give you Rachel, too—provided you promise to work another seven years for me.”

Context of Genesis 29:27

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

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

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; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
• Genesis 8:10He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
• Leviticus 18:18“ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
• Judges 14:10Now his father went down to see the woman. And there Samson held a feast, as was customary for young men.
• Malachi 2:15Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
• 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
• Genesis 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.

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