And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
And Jacob also married Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he worked for Laban for seven more years.
This verse shows that Jacob married his second wife Rachel, whom he loved more than his first wife Leah, and worked another seven years to pay for this marriage.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical account, Jacob had agreed to work seven years for his uncle Laban to marry Rachel, whom he deeply loved. However, Laban deceived him by substituting Leah, Rachel's older sister, on their wedding night, which was a common cultural practice in that era to marry off the elder daughter first. As a result, Jacob married Rachel a week later and committed to serving Laban for an additional seven years to fulfill the agreement.
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