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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 29 contains 35 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.