Genesis 29:17

In 11 translations

BSB

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.Or had delicate eyes

KJV

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

WEB

Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

ASV

And Leah’s eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

LSV

and the eyes of Leah [are] tender, and Rachel has been beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.

YLT

and the eyes of Leah [are] tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.

DBY

And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of beautiful form and beautiful countenance.

DRC

But Lia was blear eyed: Rachel was well favoured, and of a beautiful countenance.

GNV

And Leah was tender eyed, but Rahel was beautifull and faire.

JPS

And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.

LXXE

And the eyes of Lea were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְעֵינֵ֥י לֵאָ֖ה רַכּ֑וֹת וְרָחֵל֙ הָֽיְתָ֔ה יְפַת־תֹּ֖אַר וִיפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οἱ δὲ ὀφθάλμοὶ Λείας, ἀσθενεῖς· Ῥαχῆλ δὲ ἦν καλὴ τῷ εἴδει, καὶ ὡραία τῇ ὄψει σφάδρα.

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• Genesis 12:11As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
• Genesis 29:6–12“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.” “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and…
• Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
• Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
• Genesis 48:7Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
• Genesis 29:18Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
• Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
• Genesis 30:1–2When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has…
• Genesis 24:16Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
• 1 Samuel 10:2When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the…
• Genesis 39:6So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
• Genesis 35:19–20So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
• Genesis 46:19–22The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera,…
• Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
• Jeremiah 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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