KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 29:20 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Jacob” | יַֽעֲקֹ֛ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacob |
| “served” | וַיַּֽעֲבֹ֧ד | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | served |
| “seven” | שֶׁ֣בַע | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “years” | שָׁנִ֑ים | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
| “for Rachel;” | בְּרָחֵ֖ל | Rachel, a wife of Jacob | Rachel |
| “and they seemed” | בְעֵינָיו֙ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | seemed |
| “unto him a few” | אֲחָדִ֔ים | Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first | few |
| “but” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “days,” | כְּיָמִ֣ים | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “for the love” | בְּאַֽהֲבָת֖וֹ | Love | love |
| “he had to her.” | אֹתָֽהּ׃ | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | he had to her |
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18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
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