Verse 17

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

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  • Gen 12:11 : 11 And it came to pass, when he was about to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon:
  • Gen 24:16 : 16 Now the young woman was very fair to look upon, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.
  • Gen 29:6-9 : 6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep. 7 And he said, Look, it is still broad daylight; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 And while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she tended them. 10 And 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. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept. 12 And 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 29:18 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel and 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 and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 God remembered Rachel, listened to her, and opened her womb.
  • Gen 35:19-20 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that 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 And he left all that he had in Joseph's care; and he did not concern himself with anything except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well-favored.
  • Gen 46:19-22 : 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bore to him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the descendants were fourteen.
  • Gen 48:7 : 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When you depart from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found: and, behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and worries about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Jer 31:15 : 15 Thus says the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.
  • Matt 2:18 : 18 In Ramah there was a voice heard, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were no more.