Genesis 29:30
Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.
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Genesis 29:30
Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.
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Genesis 29:31
Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
Genesis 29:32
And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
Genesis 29:33
Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:
Deuteronomy 21:16
Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:
Luke 14:26
And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
Malachi 1:3
And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
1 Samuel 1:5
But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.
John 12:25
He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.
Leviticus 18:18
And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Romans 9:13
Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.
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Genesis 29:26
And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
Genesis 29:27
Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.
Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
Genesis 29:29
And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.
Genesis 29:19
And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Genesis 31:41
These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.
Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Genesis 31:15
Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.
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Genesis 24:67
And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.
Esther 2:17
And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
Proverbs 5:19
As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
Song of Solomon 8:7
Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.
Ephesians 5:28
Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:
Colossians 3:19
Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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