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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

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14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

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

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

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

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

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Leah

  • Reuben Leah is the mother of Reuben.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Simeon, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Simeon, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Levi, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Levi, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Judah, son of Jacob Leah is the mother of Judah, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Issachar Leah is the mother of Issachar.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Zebulun Leah is the mother of Zebulun.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Dinah Leah is the mother of Dinah.
    Source: Genesis 34:1
    And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
    Read Genesis 34:1
  • Jacob Jacob is the husband of Leah.
    Source: Genesis 29:23; Genesis 29:25
    And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
    Read Genesis 29:23
    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?
    Read Genesis 29:25
  • Rachel Leah is the sister of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:16
    And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
    Read Genesis 29:16

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Rachel

  • Joseph, son of Jacob Rachel is the mother of Joseph, son of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Benjamin Rachel is the mother of Benjamin.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Jacob Jacob is the husband of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:28
    And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
    Read Genesis 29:28
  • Leah Leah is the sister of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:16
    And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
    Read Genesis 29:16

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Ruth 4:11

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"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:"

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Genesis 49:31

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

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Genesis 29:25-32

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"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?"

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Genesis 29:17

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

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Genesis 30:19

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

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Genesis 31:4

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

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From This Chapter

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 are we."

Genesis 29:5

"And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him."

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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