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Genesis 29:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. "
Genesis 29:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages
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.
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Genesis 29:1
"Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east."
Genesis 29:2
"And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth."
Genesis 29:3
"And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place."
Genesis 29:4
"And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran"
Genesis 29:5
"And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know"
Genesis 29:6
"And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep."
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