Genesis 29:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder `is' Leah, and the name of the younger 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 who `are' in the gate say -- also the elders -- `Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem;
  • Gen 29:17 : 17 and the eyes of Leah `are' tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.
  • Gen 29:25-32 : 25 And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it `is' Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What `is' this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?' 26 And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born; 27 fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.' 28 And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife; 29 and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her. 30 And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years. 31 And Jehovah seeth that Leah `is' the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel `is' barren; 32 and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'
  • Gen 30:19 : 19 And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,
  • Gen 31:4 : 4 And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
  • Gen 35:23 : 23 And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These `are' sons of Leah whom she bare to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters `are' thirty and three.

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  • Gen 29:17-19
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    17and the eyes of Leah `are' tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.

    18And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'

    19and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'

  • Gen 29:22-31
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    22and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet.

    23And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;

    24and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

    25And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it `is' Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What `is' this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?'

    26And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;

    27fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.'

    28And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;

    29and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

    30And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.

    31And Jehovah seeth that Leah `is' the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel `is' barren;

  • Gen 29:15
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    15And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou `art' my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what `is' thy hire.'

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she `is' shepherdess;

    10and it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the flock of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watereth the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

    11And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,

    12and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he `is' her father's brother, and that he `is' Rebekah's son, and she runneth and declareth to her father.

  • Gen 31:33
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    33And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

  • Gen 31:14
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    14And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

  • Gen 46:18-19
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    18These `are' sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob -- sixteen persons.

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

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And he saith to them, `Hath he peace?' and they say, `Peace; and lo, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.'

  • Gen 28:2
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    2rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother;

  • Gen 31:26
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    26And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

  • Gen 30:12
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    12And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

  • Gen 30:9
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    9And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

  • Gen 24:29
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    29And Rebekah hath a brother, and his name `is' Laban, and Laban runneth unto the man who `is' without, unto the fountain;

  • Gen 30:25
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    25And it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land;

  • Gen 31:31
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    31And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;

  • Gen 30:7
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    7And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,

  • Gen 30:21
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    21and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.

  • Gen 31:19
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    19And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;