²⁰ So Jacob ^(A)served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

³⁰ So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban ^(A)for another seven years.

² And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

⁷ As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow ^(A)Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance^[a] to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”