Hymns · 1762

While Jacob for a wife doth wait

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

Genesis 29:20

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Psalm 90:4 Hosea 12:12 II Peter 3:8

Lyrics

While Jacob for a wife doth wait,
A length of servile years (Hosea 12:12)
(His love to Rachel is so great)
As a few days appears: (Gen. 29:20)
And shall I think it long to stay,
Or wish my labours past?
A thousand years are but a day, (Ps. 90:4, II Pet. 3:8)
If Christ be mine at last.