Genesis 29:17

Modern English Version

Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

When he was getting near to Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know you are a beautiful woman.

Matthew 2:18

“In Ramah a voice was heard, grieving and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

Proverbs 31:30

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

1 Samuel 10:2

When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and worries for you, saying, “What will I do for my son?” ’

Genesis 48:7

As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to get to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

Genesis 39:6

So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and he had no concerns regarding anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and well-built.

Genesis 35:24

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 30:22

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

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”

Genesis 24:16

The young woman was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, and no man had ever been with her. She went down to the well and filled her pitcher and came up.

Genesis 12:14

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.

Genesis 26:7

The men of the place asked him about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance.”

Genesis 29:16

Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:30

So Jacob also had relations with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah and served Laban another seven years.