KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 29:27 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| 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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| “Fulfil” | מַלֵּ֖א | To fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) | Fulfil |
| “her” | זֹ֑את | This (often used adverb) | her |
| “week,” | שְׁבֻ֣עַ | Literally, sevened, i.e., a week (specifically, of years) | week |
| “and we will give” | וְנִתְּנָ֨ה | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | give |
| “thee” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | thee |
| “this” | זֹ֗את | This (often used adverb) | this |
| “also” | גַּם | Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | also |
| “for the service” | בַּֽעֲבֹדָה֙ | Work of any kind | service |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “thou shalt serve” | תַּֽעֲבֹ֣ד | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | serve |
| “with me yet” | ע֖וֹד | Properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more | with me yet |
| “seven” | שֶֽׁבַע | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “other” | אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃ | Properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc | other |
| “years.” | שָׁנִ֥ים | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
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25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
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