Cross references
Genesis 29:18
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 29:18 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 12:12 (7 votes) and Exodus 22:16–17 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Genesis 24 to Hosea 12.
Which verses does Genesis 29:18 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hosea 12:127 votes
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
- Exodus 22:16–176 votes
If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
- Genesis 34:124 votes
Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
- Genesis 29:203 votes
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
- Genesis 29:303 votes
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
- Genesis 31:413 votes
Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
- 2 Samuel 3:143 votes
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
- Hosea 3:23 votes
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
Which verses point to Genesis 29:18?
The 10 strongest of 16.