Genesis 29:16

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And Laban has two daughters, the name of the older [is] Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

YLT

And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder [is] Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

DBY

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

DRC

Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia: and the younger was called Rachel.

GNV

Now Laban had two daughters, the elder called Leah, and the yonger called Rahel.

JPS

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

LXXE

Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lea, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וּלְלָבָ֖ן שְׁתֵּ֣י בָנ֑וֹת שֵׁ֤ם הַגְּדֹלָה֙ לֵאָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַקְּטַנָּ֖ה רָחֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Τῷ δὲ Λάβαν ἦσαν δύο θυγατέρες· ὄνομα τῇ μείζονι, Λεία, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ νεωτέρᾳ, Ῥαχήλ.

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• Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah…
• Genesis 49:31There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
• Genesis 29:17Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
• Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
• Genesis 29:25–32When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?” Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger…
• Genesis 30:19Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
• Genesis 46:15These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
• Genesis 31:4So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
• Genesis 33:2He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

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