Genesis 29:16

World English Bible (2000)

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 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
  • Gen 29:17 : 17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
  • Gen 29:25-32 : 25 It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?" 26 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years." 28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife. 29 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid. 30 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."
  • Gen 30:19 : 19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
  • Gen 31:4 : 4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
  • Gen 35:23 : 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

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  • Gen 29:17-19
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    17Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

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

    19Laban 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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    22Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

    23It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.

    24Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

    25It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

    26Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

    27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

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

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

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

    31Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

    10It happened, 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.

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

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

  • Gen 31:33
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    33Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

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

  • Gen 31:14
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    14Rachel and Leah answered 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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    6He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

  • Gen 28:2
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    2Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 31:26
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    26Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

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

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

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

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

  • Gen 31:31
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    31Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, 'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'

  • Gen 30:7
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    7Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, 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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    19Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.