Genesis 29:14
29:14 Then Laban said to him, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.”
So Jacob
stayed with him for a month.
Genesis 29:26
29:26 “It is not our custom here,”
Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage
before the firstborn.
Genesis 29:31-35
The Family of Jacob
29:31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
29:32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”
29:33 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.
29:34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.
29:35 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
Genesis 29:2
29:2 He saw
in the field a well with
three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now
a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
Genesis 5:27
5:27 The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.
Psalms 32:10
32:10 An evil person suffers much pain,
but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.
Proverbs 1:31
1:31 Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way,
and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
Proverbs 1:2
1:2 To learn wisdom and moral instruction,
and to discern wise counsel.
Proverbs 2:7-8
2:7 He stores up effective counsel for the upright,
and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,
2:8 to guard the paths of the righteous
and to protect the way of his pious ones.