Genesis 29:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 29:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 29:20 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 29:20 — KJV
“And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.”
— Genesis 29:20 (KJV)
Genesis 29:20 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 29:20
“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”
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“And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”
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“And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
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“And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. the whole...: Heb. the days of the years of his life”
Shares key themes with Genesis 29:20: jacob, seven, years
“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 29:20: jacob, days, love
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