Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Rachel
Beautiful
Bible References
Rachel
Genesis 29:6
And he asked them, “Is it well with him?” And they said, “He is doing well; look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep!”
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she conceived no children for Jacob, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Genesis 46:19
The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 48:7
Now as for me, when I came from Paddan [in Mesopotamia], Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
1 Samuel 10:2
When you leave me today, you will meet two men beside Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; they will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went to look for have been found. And your father has stopped caring about them and is worried about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the Lord,
“Avoice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping.
Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are gone.”
Thus says the Lord,
“A
Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping.
Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are gone.”
Matthew 2:18
“A voice was heard inRamah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
She refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”
“A voice was heard in
Weeping and great mourning,
She refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”
Beautiful
Genesis 12:11
And when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Listen: I know that you are a beautiful woman;
Genesis 24:16
The girl was very beautiful, a virgin and unmarried; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
Genesis 39:6
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with Joseph there he did not [need to] pay attention to anything except the food he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance.
Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance.
Proverbs 31:30
Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised.
Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised.