Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”
Genesis 29:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah and the name of the younger was Rachel. American Standard Version (1901) And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Common English Bible Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah and the younger Rachel. Catholic Public Domain Version In truth, he had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah; and truly the younger was called Rachel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia: and the younger was called Rachel. |
Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”
So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was,
And he put the maids with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
(these are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three).
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah—
Then all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem;