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What was the relationship between Jacob and Rachel?

Jacob loved Rachel from the time he met her by the well. He worked fourteen years for her. Genesis 29:10-11, 18-20, 30

What the Bible says

Genesis 29:11

And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice, wept.

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

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When he was old, Jacob still remembered that Rachel died on the way, near Bethlehem. Genesis 48:7

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