Genesis 29:17
Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
In Context
16Laban had two daughters, the elder called Lea, and the younger Rachel.
18And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Cross References
Genesis 24:16The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon, and yet a mayde, and vnknowen of man: and she went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.
Genesis 29:16Laban had two daughters, the elder called Lea, and the younger Rachel.
Genesis 30:1Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead.
Genesis 35:19And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, whiche is Bethlehem.
Genesis 39:6And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephes hande: and he knewe nothyng with hym, saue onlye the breade which he dyd eate. And Ioseph was a goodly person, and a well fauoured.
Genesis 48:7And when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel dyed vpon my hande in the land of Chanaan, by the way, when there was but a fieldes breadth to come vnto Ephratha: and I buried her there in the waye to Ephratha, the same is 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 →