<p class="poetry">He loved to curse<n id="1" /> others, so those curses have come upon him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.<n id="3" />p>

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game,<n id="1" /> but Rebekah loved<n id="2" /> Jacob.p>

Since Jacob had fallen in love with<n id="1" /> Rachel, he said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.&#8221;

Then he became very attached<n id="1" /> to Dinah, Jacob&#8217;s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.

Jacob<n id="1" /> had marital relations<n id="2" /> with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban<n id="3" /> for seven more years.<n id="4" />p>

Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the <sc>Lordsc> by following<n id="1" /> the practices<n id="2" /> of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.p>

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines.<n id="1" /> He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.p>

And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval<n id="1" /> more than all the other young women.<n id="2" /> So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen<n id="3" /> in place of Vashti.