Genesis 29:17
And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of beautiful form and beautiful countenance.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
In Context
16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel.
18And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Cross References
Genesis 24:16And the maiden was very fair in countenance; a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Genesis 29:16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel.
Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
Genesis 39:6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and took cognizance of nothing with him, save the bread that he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.
Genesis 48:7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.
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 →