Genesis 29:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah and the name of the younger was Rachel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ In truth, he had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah; and truly the younger was called Rachel.

Genesis 29:16 Cross References

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with 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 produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;

Genesis 49:31

There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried; there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried; and there I buried Leah.

Genesis 46:15

These are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; in all, his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 31:4

So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was

Genesis 30:19

And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.

Genesis 29:17

Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was graceful and beautiful.

Genesis 33:2

He put the maids with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

Genesis 29:15

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”