Genesis 29:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

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  • Gen 12:11 : 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon:
  • Gen 24:16 : 16 And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
  • Gen 29:6-9 : 6 And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it] time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them]. 8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and [till] they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 ¶ And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And 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. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And 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 29:18 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 ¶ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
  • Gen 35:19-20 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
  • Gen 35:24 : 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
  • Gen 39:6 : 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well favoured.
  • Gen 46:19-22 : 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen.
  • Gen 48:7 : 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet [there was] but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same [is] Bethlehem.
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Jer 31:15 : 15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.
  • Matt 2:18 : 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

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  • Gen 29:16
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    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.

  • Gen 29:18-20
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    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.

    20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.

  • Gen 29:23-32
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    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.

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

    32And 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 31:33-34
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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.

    34Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found [them] not.

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9¶ And 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 31:4
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    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

  • Gen 29:6
    72%

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

  • Gen 31:14
    71%

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

  • Gen 31:2
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    2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him as before.

  • Gen 30:17
    71%

    17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth 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 31:19
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    19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1¶ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

    2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

    3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

  • Gen 31:12
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    12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle [are] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

  • Gen 46:19
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    19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

  • Gen 33:7
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    7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

  • Gen 33:2
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    2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.