Now Laban had two daughters: the elder was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
Genesis 33:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He put the slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. American Standard Version (1901) And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. Common English Bible He put the servants and their children first, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last. Catholic Public Domain Version And he placed the two handmaids and their children at the beginning. Truly, Leah and her sons were in the second place. Then Rachel and Joseph were last. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last. |
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.
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming towards him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two slave women.
He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times until he approached his brother.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a long-sleeved robe for him.
your mother will be utterly humiliated; she who bore you will be put to shame. Look! She will lag behind all the nations – an arid wilderness, a desert.
‘They will be mine,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘my own possession on the day I am preparing. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.