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Genesis 29

Gen. 29:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Leah
Le'ah (Hebrew #3812)
weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob
KJV usage: Leah.
Pronounce: lay-aw'
Origin: from 3811
was tender
rak (Hebrew #7390)
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
KJV usage: faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
Pronounce: rak
Origin: from 7401
eyed
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
; but Rachel
Rachel (Hebrew #7354)
Rachel, a wife of Jacob
KJV usage: Rachel.
Pronounce: raw-khale'
Origin: the same as 7353
was beautiful
to'ar (Hebrew #8389)
outline, i.e. figure or appearance
KJV usage: + beautiful, X comely, countenance, + fair, X favoured, form, X goodly, X resemble, visage.
Pronounce: to'-ar
Origin: from 8388
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
and well
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
favored
mar'eh (Hebrew #4758)
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
KJV usage: X apparently, appearance(-reth), X as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
Pronounce: mar-eh'
Origin: from 7200
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Rachel.
Gen. 29:6‑12,18• 6And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
 7And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
 8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
 9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
 10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
 11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
 12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
 18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (Gen. 29:6‑12,18)
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Gen. 30:1‑2,22• 1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
 22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Gen. 30:1‑2,22)
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Gen. 35:19‑20,24• 19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
 20And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
 24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: (Gen. 35:19‑20,24)
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Gen. 46:19‑22• 19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
 20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
 21And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
 22These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. (Gen. 46:19‑22)
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Gen. 48:7• 7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. (Gen. 48:7)
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1 Sam. 10:2• 2When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? (1 Sam. 10:2)
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Jer. 31:15• 15Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. (Jer. 31:15)
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Matt. 2:18• 18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. (Matt. 2:18)
beautiful.
Gen. 12:11• 11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: (Gen. 12:11)
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Gen. 24:16• 16And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. (Gen. 24:16)
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Gen. 39:6• 6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored. (Gen. 39:6)
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Prov. 31:30• 30Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. (Prov. 31:30)

J. N. Darby Translation

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