Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Genesis 29:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
- Ruth 4:11 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
- Genesis 29:17 Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
- Genesis 29:25-32 In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?” Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.” Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife. Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant. He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years. Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”
- Genesis 30:19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
- Genesis 31:4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
- Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 46:15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
- Genesis 33:2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name…
Gen 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
Ver. 16. The name of the elder was Leah,] i.e., Weak and wearish, by her natural constitution {a} No marvel, therefore, though she were weak-sighted, as Gen 29:17.
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{a} Debilis, nec bene habita, quasi lassa ex debilitate constitutionis.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Laban had two daughters,.... Grown up and marriageable:
And Laban had two daughters,.... Grown up and marriageable:
and the name of the elder was Leah; which signifies labour or weariness:
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and the name of the younger was Rachel; before mentioned, whom Jacob met with at the well, Gen 29:10; and whose name signifies a sheep, as before observed; see Gill on Gen 29:9.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Leah] The meaning of “Leah” is uncertain. According…
16. Leah] The meaning of “Leah” is uncertain. According to some scholars, who see in it a totem name, it should be compared with an Arabic word meaning “a wild cow”; according to others, with an Assyrian word meaning “a lady.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Laban had two daughters (the wife of Laban…
And Laban had two daughters (the wife of Laban is not mentioned in the story): the name of the elder was Leah, (Gesenius); "Dull," Stupid" (Furst); "Pining," "Yearning" (Lange)and the name of the younger was Rachel (Gesenius).
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