Bible Cross References
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Genesis 31:41
It was like that for the whole twenty years I was with you. For fourteen years I worked to win your two daughters---and six years for your flocks. And even then, you changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 29:15-20
15
Laban said to Jacob, "You shouldn't work for me for nothing just because you are my relative. How much pay do you want?"
16
Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger Rachel.
17
Leah had lovely eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
18
Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, "I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel."
19
Laban answered, "I would rather give her to you than to anyone else; stay here with me."
20
Jacob worked seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few days to him, because he loved her.
Genesis 29:27-30
27
Wait until the week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you will work for me another seven years."
28
Jacob agreed, and when the week of marriage celebrations was over, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
29
(Laban gave his slave woman Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.)
30
Jacob had intercourse with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban another seven years.
Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. You know how well I have served you."
Exodus 21:7-11
7
"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be set free, as male slaves are.
8
If she is sold to someone who intends to make her his wife, but he doesn't like her, then she is to be sold back to her father; her master cannot sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.
9
If a man buys a female slave to give to his son, he is to treat her like a daughter.
10
If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before.
11
If he does not fulfill these duties to her, he must set her free and not receive any payment.
Nehemiah 5:8
and said, "As far as we have been able, we have been buying back our Jewish relatives who had to sell themselves to foreigners. Now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their own people!" The leaders were silent and could find nothing to say.