Lovers

How Nave’s arranged it

• INSTANCES OF
• Isaac for RebekahGenesis 24:67
• Jacob for RachelGenesis 29:20Genesis 29:30
• Shechem for DinahGenesis 34:3Genesis 34:12
• Boaz for RuthRuth 2Ruth 3Ruth 4

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 24:67

   And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:672 voices

   “By the joy [which he received] from Rebekah, who came three years later, Isaac was comforted from the mourning of his mother with which he had been shrouded for three years.

   “And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,....

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2. Genesis 29:20

   So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 29:202 voices

   “And Jacob served seven years for Rachel,.... The whole term of time, diligently, faithfully, and patiently.

   “And Jacob served seven years for Rachel - In ancient times it appears to have been a custom among all nations that men should give dowries for their wives; and in many countries this custom still prevails. When Shechem asked Dinah for wife, he said, Ask me never so much - dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me.

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3. Genesis 29:30

   Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 29:302 voices

   “In that journey Jacob took two wives, and those two wives prefigured the two people of the Jews and the Gentiles. For at Christ's coming not a small number even of the Jewish people are read to have believed in him, and again in the …

   “And he went in also unto Rachel,.... Cohabited with her as his wife: and he loved also Rachel more than Leah; she was his first love, and he retained the same love for her he ever had; as appears by his willingness to agree to the same condition of seven years' servitude more for her sake, and which he performed as follows: and served with him, yet seven other years; that is, Jacob served so many years with Laban after he had married his two daughters, and fulfilled the weeks of feasting for each of them.

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4. Genesis 34:3

   And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 34:32 voices

   “And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,....

   “Spake kindly unto the damsel - Literally, he spake to the heart of the damsel - endeavored to gain her affections, and to reconcile her to her disgrace. It appears sufficiently evident from this and the preceding verse that there had been no consent on the part of Dinah, that the whole was an act of violence, and that she was now detained by force in the house of Shechem. Here she was found when Simeon and Levi sacked the city, Gen 34:26.

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5. Genesis 34:12

   Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

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   “Ask me never so much dowry and gift,....

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6. Ruth 2:1

   Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

   ›Commentary on Ruth 2:12 voices

   “And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's,....

   “A kinsman - More literally “an acquaintance”; here (and in the feminine, Rth 3:2) denoting the person with whom one is intimately acquainted, one’s near relation. The next kinsman of Rth 2:20, etc. גאל gā'al, is a wholly different word. Boaz - Commonly taken to mean, “strength is in him” (compare 1Ki 7:21).

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7. Ruth 3:1

   One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

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   “What does Naomi suggest to her daughter-in-law? When Ruth heard her mother-in-law saying, "Our neighbor is a true man," she was reminded of his great kindness and thought to want him [to be] married to her in law, so that she might keep up the …

   “Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her,....

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8. Ruth 4:1

   Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

   ›Commentary on Ruth 4:12 voices

   “Then went Boaz up to the gate of the city--a roofed building, unenclosed by walls; the place where, in ancient times, and in many Eastern towns still, all business transactions are made, and where, therefore, the kinsman was most likely to be found.

   “The man was so virtuous that he did not rush into a marriage outside the law, but he spoke with his neighbors about the marriage. However, his words are also worthy of admiration. For his first words were not about the marriage but about the …

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