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Genesis 29:16

Good News Translation (US Version)

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

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The leaders and the others said, “Yes, we are witnesses. May the Lord make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrath and famous in Bethlehem.

That is where they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; that is where they buried Isaac and his wife Rebecca; and that is where I buried Leah.

These are the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descendants by Leah numbered thirty-three.

The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where his flocks were.

Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

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

He put the concubines and their children first, then Leah and her children, and finally Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

Laban said to Jacob, “You shouldn't work for me for nothing just because you are my relative. How much pay do you want?”




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