Genesis 29:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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  • Gen 49:31 : 31 There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;
  • Gen 29:17 : 17 And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.
  • Gen 29:25-32 : 25 And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me? 26 And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older. 27 Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years. 28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife. 29 And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman. 30 Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years. 31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children. 32 And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
  • Gen 30:19 : 19 And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.
  • Gen 31:4 : 4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
  • Gen 35:23 : 23 Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.

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  • Gen 29:17-19
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    17 And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

    18 And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

    19 And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

  • Gen 29:22-31
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    22 And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

    23 And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

    24 And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

    25 And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

    26 And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.

    27 Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

    28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

    29 And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

    30 Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

    31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

  • Gen 29:15
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    15 Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

    11 And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

    12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

  • Gen 31:33
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    33 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 46:18-19
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    18 These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.

    19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 29:6
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    6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

  • Gen 28:2
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    2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 31:26
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    26 And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

  • Gen 30:12
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    12 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

  • Gen 30:9
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    9 When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

  • Gen 24:29
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    29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

  • Gen 30:25
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    25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

  • Gen 31:31
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    31 And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

  • Gen 30:7
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    7 And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

  • Gen 30:21
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    21 After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.

  • Gen 31:19
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    19 Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.