"And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder {was} Leah, and the name of the younger {was} Rachel." — Genesis 29:16

Genesis 29:16 · KJV

“And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder {was} Leah, and the name of the younger {was} Rachel.”

— Genesis 29:16

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou {art} my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what {shall} thy wages {be}?

Verse 17

Leah {was} tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

Genesis 29 — Context

And Laban said to him, Surely thou {art} my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. {the space...: Heb. a month of days}

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou {art} my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what {shall} thy wages {be}?

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder {was} Leah, and the name of the younger {was} Rachel.

Leah {was} tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Cross References

Genesis 49:31

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

Ruth 4:11

And all the people that {were} in the gate, and the elders, said, {We are} witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: {do thou...: or, get thee riches, or, power} {be famous: Heb. proclaim thy name}

Genesis 29:17

Leah {was} tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

Genesis 46:15

These {be} the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters {were} thirty and three.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Genesis 31:4

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

Genesis 30:19

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

Genesis 29:25-32

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it {was} Leah: and he said to Laban, What {is} this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?