And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ainsi Jacob servit sept années pour Rachel: et elles furent à ses yeux comme quelques jours, parce qu'il l'aimait.
KJV
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
dum est] quomodo dictum sit: Servivit Jacob pro Rachel septem annis, et videbantur illi pauci dies (Gen. XXIX, 20) ; cum magis [etiam] breve tempus longum esse soleat amantibus?--- Resp. Dictum est [ergo] propter laborem servitutis, quem facilem et levem amor faciebat. Inter.…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
at impendisse. Hinc est quod annorum multitudo videbantur Jacob dies pauci prae amoris magnitudine (Gen. XXIX, 20) . Verus enim amans quidquid pro amico patitur, vix sentit; dum sic totus amori intendat, ut praeter dilectum nil plene cogitare sinatur, quem sicut signaculum gerit…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
b dio, gelu alget, solibus uritur, nec tanti ac tam diuturni laboris amator vehemens cedit injuriae (Gen. XXIX, 18-28) . Quorsum autem ista? Ut et tu si jam sponsa Christi es, ardeas amore, aestues desiderio, anheles suspiriis, dum tardat dies copulae concupitae. Ait quidam, [Co…
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