Genesis 29:17 “Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.”

Genesis 29:17

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

World English Bible

Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

American Standard Version

And Leah’s eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Leah was tender eyed, but Rahel was beautifull and faire.

Darby Translation

And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of beautiful form and beautiful countenance.

Young's Literal Translation

and the eyes of Leah [are] tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.

Bible in Basic English

And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

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Cross references

“beautiful”

Genesis 12:11 Genesis 24:16 Genesis 39:6 Proverbs 31:30

Genesis 12:11 · BSB

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

Genesis 24:16 · BSB

Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

Genesis 39:6 · BSB

So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

Proverbs 31:30 · BSB

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Also

Matthew 2:18 Genesis 35:19–20 Genesis 35:24 Genesis 48:7 1 Samuel 10:2 Genesis 30:22

Matthew 2:18 · BSB

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Genesis 35:19–20 · BSB

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 35:24 · BSB

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 48:7 · BSB

Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

1 Samuel 10:2 · BSB

When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys…

Genesis 30:22 · BSB

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

18Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

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