Genesis 29:17
Lea was tender eyed: But Rahel was bewtifull ad well fauored.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
In Context
16And Laban had.ij. doughters the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel.
18And Iacob loued her well and sayde: I will serue the.vij. yere for Rahel thy yongest doughter.
Cross References
Genesis 24:16The damsell was very fayre to loke apon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man.And she went doune to the well and fylled hyr pytcher and came vp agayne.
Genesis 29:16And Laban had.ij. doughters the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel.
Genesis 30:1When Rahel sawe that she bare Iacob no childern she enuied hir sister and sayde vnto Iacob: geue me childern or ells I am but deed.
Genesis 35:19And thus dyed Rahel ad was buryed in the waye to Ephrath which now is called Bethlehem.
Genesis 39:6And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande and loked vpon nothinge that was with him saue only on the bread which he ate. And Ioseph was a goodly persone and a well favored
Genesis 48:7And after I came from Mesopotamia Rahel dyed apon my hande in the lande of Canaa by the waye: when I had but a feldes brede to goo vnto Ephrat. And I buried her there in ye waye to Ephrat which is now called 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 →