Genesis 29:18
And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quam diligens Jacob, ait : Serviam tibi pro Rachel filia tua minore, septem annis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἠγάπησεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὴν Ῥαχήλ, καὶ εἶπεν Δουλεύσω σοι ἑπτὰ ἔτη περὶ Ῥαχὴλ τῆς θυγατρός σου τῆς νεωτέρας.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת רָחֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים בְּרָחֵ֥ל בִּתְּךָ֖ הַקְּטַנָּֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, To Ageruchia
In speaking thus I do not mean to sever the law from the gospel, as Marcion falsely does. No, I receive one and the same God in both who, as the time and the object vary, is both the Beginning and the End, who sows that He may reap, who plants that He may have somewhat to cut down, and who lays the foundation that in the fulness of time He may crown the edifice. Besides, if we are to deal with symbols and types of things to come, we must judge of them not by our own opinions but in the light of the apostle’s explanations. Hagar and Sarah, or Sinai and Zion, are typical of the two testaments. Leah who was tender-eyed and Rachel whom Jacob loved signify the synagogue and the church. So likewise do Hannah and Peninnah of whom the former, at first barren, afterwards exceeded the latter in fruitfulness. …