And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives {taken} with the sword?

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And Laban said, {It is} better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

This twenty years {have} I {been} with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her.

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.