So Jacob went in to Rachel also: see verse 23.

Loved Rachel more than Leah: for loved see verse 18. Different languages have different ways of expressing the idea of more than; some examples are “He really loved Rachel, but he didn’t love Leah very much,” “Out of the two, Rachel and Leah, he greatly loved Rachel,” “He liked Rachel a lot, but he didn’t like Leah.”

And served Laban for another seven years: it may be necessary to make clear in translation that Jacob worked for Laban after he married Rachel. In that case we may say, for example, “After Jacob married Rachel, he worked for Laban another seven years.” In some translations the reason for this period of service is repeated here: “He worked seven years more for his father-in-law, in order to repay his marriage obligations” or “as a payment for his daughter Rachel.”

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .