King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 29:19
“And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.”
Verse in context — Genesis 29
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Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
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And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
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And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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