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And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.(Genesis 29:14)
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?(Genesis 29:15)
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.(Genesis 29:16)
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.(Genesis 29:18)
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.(Genesis 29:19)
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.(Genesis 29:20)

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Genesis 29:17 - Cross Reference

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. (Jeremiah 31:15)
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. (Genesis 24:16)
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: (Genesis 35:24)
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. (Genesis 30:1)
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. (Proverbs 31:30)
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (Genesis 29:18)
The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. (Genesis 46:19)
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored. (Genesis 39:6)
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: (Genesis 12:11)
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. (Genesis 29:6)
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. (Matthew 2:18)
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. (Genesis 48:7)
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? (1 Samuel 10:2)
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Genesis 30:22)
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. (Genesis 35:19)