Genesis 29:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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  • Gen 49:31 : 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
  • Gen 29:17 : 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
  • Gen 29:25-32 : 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
  • Gen 30:19 : 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
  • Gen 31:4 : 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
  • Gen 35:23 : 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

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  • Gen 29:17-19
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    17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

    18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

    19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

  • Gen 29:22-31
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    22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

    23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

    24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

    25And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

    26And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

    27Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

    28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

    29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

    30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

    31And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 29:15
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    15And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

    10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

    11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

    12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

  • Gen 31:33
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    33And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

  • Gen 31:14
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    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 46:18-19
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    18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

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

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

  • Gen 28:2
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    2Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

  • Gen 31:26
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    26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

  • Gen 30:12
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    12And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 30:9
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    9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

  • Gen 24:29
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    29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

  • Gen 30:25
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    25And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

  • Gen 31:31
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    31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

  • Gen 30:7
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    7And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 30:21
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    21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

  • Gen 31:19
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    19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.