Gen 29:18, 20, 30-31, 33, 1Sa 1:4-5 | ESV | STEP | Jacob loved Rachel . And he said , I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel .

a ch. 30:26; 31:41; [Hos. 12:12]

b[See ver. 18 above]

c ver. 20; ch. 31:41

d Deut. 21:15

e[ch. 30:22]

g Deut. 12:17, 18; 16:11; [Neh. 8:10, 12]

Genesis 29:18

18 Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, ^a“I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:20

20 So Jacob ^bserved seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

Genesis 29:30-31

30 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban ^cfor another seven years.

Jacob’s Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was ^dhated, ^ehe opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:33

33 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon. ^{▼▼ Simeon sounds like the Hebrew for heard}

1 Samuel 1:4-5

4 On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, ^ghe would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. ^{▼▼Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb}