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Genesis 29:16

LabanLeahRachel

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?

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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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.
DARBY
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel.
BLB
And Laban had two daughters; the name of the older [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
ÅB
Nå hadde Laban to døtre, den eldste hette Lea, og den yngste hette Rakel.
OTB
Laban hadde to døtre; den eldste het Lea, og den yngste het Rakel.
B1930
Nu hadde Laban to døtre, den eldste hette Lea, og den yngste hette Rakel.

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  • 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 Beth-lehem:

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  • Genesis 49:31

    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 30:19

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

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  • Genesis 31:4

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

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  • 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?

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  • Genesis 35:23

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

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  • Genesis 46:15

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

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  • Genesis 29:17

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

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