19 Bible Verses about Men And Women Who Loved
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Later, Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent that had belonged to his mother Sarah and married her. Isaac loved her, and that's how he was comforted following the loss of his mother.
Jacob loved Rachel, so he made this offer to Laban: "I'll serve you for seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but it seemed like only a few days because of his love for her.
Jacob also married Rachel, since he loved her. He served Laban another full seven years' work for Rachel.
Leah conceived, bore a son, and named him Reuben, because she was saying, "The LORD had looked on my torture, so now my husband will love me."
He was attached to Dinah, Jacob's daughter, since he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
But Hamor said this: "My son is deeply attracted to your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
After this incident, he loved a woman in Sorek Valley whose name was Delilah.
Saul's daughter Michal loved David. Saul was informed of this and he liked the idea.
As Saul continued to observe, he realized that the LORD was with David and that Saul's daughter Michal loved him.
Sometime after this, David's son Amnon fell in love with David's other son Absalom's beautiful sister Tamar.
"Why are you so depressed these past few mornings," Jonadab asked Amnon, "since you're a son of the king? Why not tell me?" Amnon replied, "I'm in love with my brother Absalom's sister Tamar."
Afterwards, though, Amnon hated her very intensely. As a result, his hatred for her exceeded the love that he had previously for her. So Amnon told her, "Get up! Leave!"
But King Solomon married many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidonia, along with Hittite women, too,
all of them from nations that the LORD had ordered the Israelis, "You are not to associate with them and they are not to associate with you, because they will most certainly turn your affections away to follow their gods." Solomon became deeply attached to them by falling in love.
The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you.
Take me with you! Let's run away! Let the king bring me into his private chambers. The daughters of Jerusalem will rejoice and be happy for you. We will value your love more than wine. They love you appropriately.
Some time later, during the wheat harvest season, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field and brought them back for his mother Leah. Then Rachel told Leah, "Please give me your son's mandrakes." In response, Leah asked her, "Wasn't it enough that you've taken away my husband? Now you also want to take my son's mandrakes!" But Rachel replied, "Okay, let's let Jacob sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes." When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went to meet him and told him, "You're having sex with me tonight. I traded my son's mandrakes for you!" So he slept with her that night.
Some time later, she asked him, "How can you keep saying "I love you!' when your heart isn't with me? These three times you've lied to me and haven't told me where your great strength lies."