Genesis 29:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.

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  • Gen 12:11 : 11 And when he was come neare to enter into Egypt, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: beholde, I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon:
  • Gen 24:16 : 16 The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon, and yet a mayde, and vnknowen of man: and she went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.
  • Gen 29:6-9 : 6 And he sayde vnto them: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health, and beholde his daughter Rachel commeth with the sheepe. 7 And he sayde: loe it is yet a great whyle to nyght, neither is it tyme that the cattell should be gathered together: water ye the sheepe, and go and feede them. 8 And they sayde: we may not vntyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyl they roule the stone from the welles mouth, and so we water our sheepe. 9 Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them. 10 Assoone as Iacob sawe Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, & the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, Iacob went & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, & watered the flocke of Laban his mothers brother. 11 And Iacob kyssed Rachel, and lift vp his voyce and wept. 12 And Iacob tolde Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebeccaes sonne: Therefore ranne she and tolde her father.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead. 2 And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 And God remembred Rachel, & God hearde her, and made her fruitefull,
  • Gen 35:19-20 : 19 And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, whiche is Bethlehem. 20 And Iacob set vp a stone on ende vpon her graue: whiche is called Rachels grauestone vnto this day.
  • Gen 35:24 : 24 The sonnes of Rachel: Ioseph and Beniamin.
  • Gen 39:6 : 6 And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephes hande: and he knewe nothyng with hym, saue onlye the breade which he dyd eate. And Ioseph was a goodly person, and a well fauoured.
  • Gen 46:19-22 : 19 The chyldren of Rachel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and Beniamin. 20 And vnto Ioseph in the lande of Egypt, were borne Manasses, and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipera priest of On bare vnto him. 21 The children of Beniamin: Bela, and Becher, and Asbel, Gera, & Naaman, Ehi, and Ros, Muppim, and Huppim, and Arde. 22 These are the chyldren of Rachel which she bare vnto Iacob, foureteene soules altogether.
  • Gen 48:7 : 7 And when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel dyed vpon my hande in the land of Chanaan, by the way, when there was but a fieldes breadth to come vnto Ephratha: and I buried her there in the waye to Ephratha, the same is Beth-lehem.
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When thou art departed from me this day, thou shalt finde two men by Rahels sepulchre in ye border of Beniamin, euen at Zalezah, and they wil say vnto thee, ye asses which thou wetest to seke, are found: And lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, & soroweth for you, saying: what shal I do for my sonne?
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed.
  • Jer 31:15 : 15 Thus saith the Lorde, The voyce of heauinesse, weepyng, and lamentation was hearde on hye, euen of Rachel mournyng for her children, and woulde not be comforted because they were not.
  • Matt 2:18 : 18 In Rama was there a voyce hearde, lamentation, wepyng, & great mournyng, Rachel weping for her children, and woulde not be comforted, because they were not.

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  • Gen 29:16
    87%

    16Laban had two daughters, the elder called Lea, and the younger Rachel.

  • Gen 29:18-20
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    80%

    18And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter.

    19Laban aunswered: It is better that I geue her vnto thee, then that I shoulde geue her to another man: abide with me.

    20And Iacob serued seuen yere for Rachel: and they seemed vnto hym but a fewe dayes, for the loue he hadde to her.

  • Gen 29:23-32
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    23And when euen was come, he toke Lea his daughter, and brought her to hym, and he went in to her.

    24And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be her seruaunt.

    25And when the mornyng was come, beholde it was Lea. Then sayde he to Laban: Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? dyd not I serue thee for Rachel? wherfore then hast thou begyled me?

    26Laban aunswered: It is not the maner of this place, to marry ye younger before the first borne.

    27Passe out this weeke, & then we wyll geue thee this also for the seruice whiche thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeres more.

    28And Iacob dyd euen so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gaue hym Rachel his daughter to wyfe also.

    29And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter Bilha his handmayde, to be her seruaunt.

    30So lay he by Rachel also, and loued Rachel more then Lea, and serued hym yet seuen yeres more.

    31When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her fruitfull, and Rachel remayned baren.

    32And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne, and she called his name Ruben: for she sayde, the Lord hath loked vpon my tribulation: nowe therfore my husband wyll loue me.

  • Gen 31:33-34
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    33Then went Laban into Iacobs tent, and into Leas tent, and into the two maydseruaunts tentes: but found them not. Then went he out of Leas tent, and entred into Rachels tent:

    34And Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camelles strawe, & sate downe vpon them: And Laban tossed vp all ye tent, but found them not.

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.

    10Assoone as Iacob sawe Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, & the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, Iacob went & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, & watered the flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

    11And Iacob kyssed Rachel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.

    12And Iacob tolde Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebeccaes sonne: Therefore ranne she and tolde her father.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4Therfore Iacob sent, & called Rachel and Lea to the fielde vnto his flocke,

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And he sayde vnto them: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health, and beholde his daughter Rachel commeth with the sheepe.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14Then aunswered Rachel, and Lea, and said vnto him: haue we had as yet any portion or inheritaunce in our fathers house?

  • Gen 31:2
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    2And Iacob behelde the countenaunce of Laban, and beholde, it was not towardes hym as it was wont to be.

  • Gen 30:17
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    17And God hearde Lea, that she conceaued, and bare Iacob the fift sonne.

  • Gen 30:9
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    9When Lea sawe that she had left bearyng chyldren she toke Zilpha her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wyfe.

  • Gen 31:19
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    19But Laban was gone to sheare his sheepe: and Rachel had stolen her fathers images.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead.

    2And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?

    3Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her.

  • Gen 31:12
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    12And he sayd: lift vp nowe thyne eyes, and see all the Rammes leapyng vpon the sheepe that are ringstraked, spotted, and partie: for I haue seene all that Laban doth vnto thee.

  • Gen 46:19
    69%

    19The chyldren of Rachel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and Beniamin.

  • Gen 33:7
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    7Lea also with her children, came and dyd their obeysaunce? And last of all came Ioseph and Rachel, and dyd theyr obeysaunce.

  • Gen 33:2
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    2And he put the handmaydens & theyr chyldren formost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost.