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Genesis 29:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, ‘Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.


A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping,   and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.   ,


This is what the Lord says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping – Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.


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


Today when you leave me, you’ll find two men at Rachel’s Grave  at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They will say to you, “The donkeys you went looking for have been found,  and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son? ”


When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way,  some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath’ (that is, Bethlehem).


He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority;  he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.


Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.


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


Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, ‘I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.’


Now the girl was very beautiful,  a virgin #– #no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.


When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.


When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, ‘She is my sister,’  for he was afraid to say ‘my wife’, thinking,  ‘The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.’


Now Laban had two daughters: the elder was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.


Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.





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