And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
WEB
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
YLT
and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
DBT
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)