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Genesis 29:16

Laban had two daughters, the elder called Lea, and the younger Rachel.

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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

15And Laban said vnto Iacob: Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for naught? Tell me what shall thy wages be?

17Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:17Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.

Genesis 30:19And Lea conceaued yet agayne, and bare Iacob the sixt sonne.

Genesis 33:2And he put the handmaydens & theyr chyldren formost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost.

Genesis 46:15These be the children of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia, with his daughter Dina. All the soules of his sonnes and daughters, [make] thirtie and three.

Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, sayde, We are witnesses: The Lord make the woma that is come into thyne house, lyke Rahel and Lea, whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel: & that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata, and be famous in 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 →

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