And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
He loved also Rachel more than Leah. This affection for Rachel seems to have been love at first sight, and of the most ardent character; more like what is read in romance book sthan what is paralleled in real life. It is not wonderful that she should occupy a place in his regards far superior to that of her sister, the more especially as that sister had been an accomplice in the infamous plot which had been contrived to entrap him into a marriage with her.