Genesis 29:17

Easy To Read Version

Rachel was beautiful. And Leah’s eyes were gentle. [165]

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

Abram saw how beautiful his wife Sarai was. So just before they arrived in Egypt, Abram told Sarai, “I know that you are a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:14

So Abram went into Egypt. The men of Egypt saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 24:16

She was very pretty. She was a virgin; she had never slept with a man. She went down to the well and filled her jar.

Genesis 26:7

Isaac’s wife Rebekah was very beautiful. The men of that place asked Isaac about Rebekah. Isaac said, “She is my sister.” Isaac was afraid to tell them Rebekah was his wife. Isaac was afraid the men would kill him so that they could have her.

Genesis 29:16

Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah and the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel. Jacob said to Laban, “I will work seven years for you if you will allow me to marry your daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:30

So Jacob had sexual relations with Rachel also. And Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years.

Genesis 30:22

Then God heard Rachel’s prayer. God made it possible for Rachel to have children.

Genesis 35:24

Jacob and Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 39:6

So Potiphar allowed Joseph to take responsibility for everything in the house. Potiphar worried about nothing, only the food he ate.

Genesis 48:7

On the trip from Paddan Aram, Rachel died. This made me very sad. She died in the land of Canaan. We were still traveling toward Ephrath. I buried her there on the road to Ephrath. (Ephrath is Bethlehem.)”

Proverbs 31:30

Grace and beauty can fool you.\par But a woman who respects the Lord\par should be praised.\par

Jeremiah 31:15

The Lord says:\par “A sound will be heard in Ramah.\par It will be bitter crying and\par much sadness.\par Rachel {\cf2\super [253]} will be crying for her children.\par Rachel will refuse to be comforted,\par because her children are dead.”\par

Matthew 2:18

“A sound was heard in Ramah.\par It was bitter crying\par and much sadness.\par Rachel cries for her children;\par and she cannot be comforted,\par because her children are dead.”\par \i (Jeremiah 31:15)\i0 \par

1 Samuel 10:2

After you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. The two men will say to you, ‘Someone found the donkeys you were looking for. Your father stopped worrying about his donkeys. Now he is worrying about you. He is saying: What will I do about my son?’”