Genesis 29:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

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  • Gen 12:11 : 11 It happened, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look on.
  • Gen 24:16 : 16 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
  • Gen 29:6-9 : 6 He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep." 7 He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the cattle together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them." 8 They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep." 9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them. 10 It 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. 11 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die." 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
  • Gen 35:19-20 : 19 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem). 20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
  • Gen 35:24 : 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
  • Gen 39:6 : 6 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.
  • Gen 46:19-22 : 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
  • Gen 48:7 : 7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem)."
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
  • Jer 31:15 : 15 Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.
  • Matt 2:18 : 18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; She wouldn't be comforted, Because they are no more."

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  • Gen 29:16
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    16Laban 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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    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."

    20Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

  • Gen 29:23-32
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    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 first born.

    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.

    32Leah 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 31:33-34
    2 verses
    74%

    33Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

    34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    74%

    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 31:4
    74%

    4Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

  • Gen 29:6
    72%

    6He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

  • Gen 31:14
    71%

    14Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 31:2
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    2Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

  • Gen 30:17
    71%

    17God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 30:9
    71%

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

  • Gen 31:19
    70%

    19Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim{teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.} that were her father's.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

    2Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

    3She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

  • Gen 31:12
    70%

    12He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

  • Gen 46:19
    69%

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

  • Gen 33:7
    69%

    7Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

  • Gen 33:2
    69%

    2He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.