Genesis 29:16
Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
In Context
17And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.
Cross References
Genesis 29:17And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.
Genesis 30:19And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.
Genesis 33:2He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
Genesis 46:15All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.
Ruth 4:11And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:16-31
Jacob's Marriage. ( b. c. 1753.) 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I… Read the whole commentary →