 | Whole duty - 1741 - 504 דפים
...grievous to him. Jacob ferved for Rachel feven years, and after that feven years more ; and they feemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. Did but the love of God rule'in our hearts, and had we as much real affection for him as fome men have... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 412 דפים
...grievous to him. Jacob ferved for Rachel feven years, and after. th&tjeven years more ; and they feemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. Did but the love of God rule in our hearts, and had we as real an afiection for him as fome men have... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1767 - 308 דפים
...he was the moft unhappy : for 'bating the fevcn years he ferved Laban for Rachael, "which feemed to him but a " few days for the love he had to her" — ftrike thofe out of the number, — all his other days were forrow; and that, not from his faults,... | |
 | James Fordyce - 1777 - 362 דפים
...attendant of the paffion we are now contemplating. " Jacob ferved feven " years for Rachel, and they fcemed unto *' him but a few days, for the Love he " had to her." Yes, my friends, to the heroic fenfe of true affection, labour is an amufement, and hardfhip a pleafure;... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 דפים
...better that I give her to thee than that I should give her to another man, abide 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. men of the place, and made a feast. , And it came to pass, that he brought Leah to him instead of Rachel.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 דפים
...design. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and AM affection for his cousin •was so great, that they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her. У1 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, fop my days are fulfilled, the seven years' service... | |
 | John Millar, John Craig - 1806 - 470 דפים
...that I give her to " thee than that I should give her to another man: " abide with me. " And Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and " they seemed unto him but a few days, for the " love he had to herf." In the compositions of Ossian, which describe the manners of a people acquainted with pasturage,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 524 דפים
...reasonable to understand the blessing of Shem to be also on his posterity. GENESIS xxix. 20...." And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her." Jacob was a type of Christ, in his obtaining his wife by a servitude, and in his servitude's seeming;... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 דפים
...than that I should give SET to another man: abide with me. 30 And Jacob served seven years for Raid ; the earth : thou art exalted 21 t And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, (for my days are fulfilled) ttat I may go in unto... | |
 | William Romaine - 1809 - 316 דפים
...his ways the joy of thy soul. Thou knowest what Jacob felt, when he servedseven years for Rachael, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. A gospel spirit does the same to God — love makes long service short — and hard service easy. Nothing... | |
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 
