Genesis 29:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.
  • Gen 29:17 : 17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
  • 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 you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me? 26 And Laban said, It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfill her week, and we will give you the other one also for the service which you shall serve with me for seven more years. 28 And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid as her maid. 30 And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him another seven years. 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now my husband will love me.
  • Gen 30:19 : 19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
  • Gen 31:4 : 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 And he placed the maidservants and their children foremost, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
  • 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 are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padanaram, along with his daughter Dinah: all the descendants of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

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  • Gen 29:17-19
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    17Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

    18And Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.

    19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man; stay 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 to her.

    24And Laban gave his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid as a handmaid.

    25And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?

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

    27Fulfill her week, and we will give you the other one also for the service which you shall serve with me for seven more years.

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

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

    30And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him another seven years.

    31And when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 29:15
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    15And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9And while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she tended them.

    10And when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, 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 relative, 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 he went 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 to his flock,

  • Gen 31:14
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    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said to 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 bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.

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

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

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

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

  • Gen 30:12
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    12Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son.

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

  • Gen 24:29
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    29Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.

  • Gen 30:25
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    25When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away that I may go to my own place and country."

  • Gen 31:31
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    31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.

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

  • Gen 30:21
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    21Afterwards, she bore a daughter and named her 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.