Genesis 29:19-20
29:19 Laban replied, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man.
Stay with me.”
29:20 So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel.
But they seemed like only a few days to him
because his love for her was so great.
Genesis 29:30
29:30 Jacob
had marital relations
with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban
for seven more years.
Genesis 31:26
31:26 “What have you done?” Laban demanded of Jacob. “You’ve deceived me
and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!
Genesis 31:31
31:31 “I left secretly because I was afraid!” Jacob replied to Laban. “I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.
Genesis 31:41
31:41 This was my lot
for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave
for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!
Hosea 12:12
Jacob in Aram, Israel in Egypt, and Ephraim in Trouble
12:12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram,
then Israel worked to acquire a wife;
he tended sheep to pay for her.