Genesis 29:27
ContextNETBible | Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. 1 Then we will give you the younger one 2 too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” 3 |
NIV © biblegateway Gen 29:27 |
Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work." |
NASB © biblegateway Gen 29:27 |
"Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years." |
NLT © biblegateway Gen 29:27 |
"Wait until the bridal week is over, and you can have Rachel, too––that is, if you promise to work another seven years for me." |
MSG © biblegateway Gen 29:27 |
Enjoy your week of honeymoon, and then we'll give you the other one also. But it will cost you another seven years of work." |
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 29:27 |
Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 29:27 |
Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years." |
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 29:27 |
"Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years." |
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NETBible | Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. 1 Then we will give you the younger one 2 too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” 3 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “fulfill the period of seven of this one.” The referent of “this one” has been specified in the translation as “my older daughter” for clarity. 1 sn Bridal week. An ancient Hebrew marriage ceremony included an entire week of festivities (cf. Judg 14:12). 2 tn Heb “this other one.” 3 tn Heb “and we will give to you also this one in exchange for labor which you will work with me, still seven other years.” 3 sn In exchange for seven more years of work. See C. H. Gordon, “The Story of Jacob and Laban in the Light of the Nuzi Tablets,” BASOR 66 (1937): 25-27; and J. Van Seters, “Jacob’s Marriages and Ancient Near Eastern Customs: A Reassessment,” HTR 62 (1969): 377-95. |