Genesis 29:17

New Century Version

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was very beautiful.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

Just before they arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know you are a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:14

When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.

Genesis 24:16

She was very pretty, a virgin; she had never had sexual relations with a man. She went down to the spring and filled her jar, then came back up.

Genesis 26:7

His wife Rebekah was very beautiful, and the men of that place asked Isaac about her. Isaac said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to tell them she was his wife. He thought they might kill him so they could have her.

Genesis 29:16

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

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel, so he said to Laban, “Let me marry your younger daughter Rachel. If you will, I will work seven years for you.”

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 remembered Rachel and answered her prayer, making it possible for her to have children.

Genesis 35:24

He had two sons by his wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 39:6

So Potiphar left Joseph in charge of everything he owned and was not concerned about anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and handsome.

Genesis 48:7

When I came from Northwest Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan, as we were traveling toward Ephrath. This made me very sad, and I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.” (Today Ephrath is Bethlehem.)

Proverbs 31:30

Charm can fool you, and beauty can trick you, but a woman who respects the Lord should be praised.

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: “A voice was heard in Ramah of painful crying and deep sadness: Rachel crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because her children are dead!”

Matthew 2:18

“A voice was heard in Ramah of painful crying and deep sadness: Rachel crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because her children are dead.”

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. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you were looking for have been found. But now your father has stopped thinking about his donkeys and is worrying about you. He is asking, “What will I do about my son?” ’