Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was
King James Version
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Holman Bible
Leah had ordinary
International Standard Version
Leah looked rather plain, but Rachel was lovely in form and appearance.
A Conservative Version
And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
American Standard Version
And Leah's eyes were tender. But Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
Amplified
Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.
Bible in Basic English
And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.
Darby Translation
And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of beautiful form and beautiful countenance.
Julia Smith Translation
And the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel was fair of form and fair of look.
King James 2000
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the eyes of Leah [were] dull, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.
Modern King James verseion
And Leah was weak of eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lea was tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
NET Bible
Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)
New Heart English Bible
Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
The Emphasized Bible
But, the eyes of Leah were weak, - whereas, Rachel, was comely in form and comely in countenance.
Webster
Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
World English Bible
Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the eyes of Leah are tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.
Themes
Beauty » Instances of » Rachel
Children » Instance of, leah and rachel
Contracts » First contract between laban and jacob for laban's daughter
Covetousness » Instances of » Laban » Deceiving » jacob
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 29:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Deceived
16
Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17 And Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was
Cross References
Genesis 12:11
When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance,
Genesis 24:16
The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
Genesis 29:6-12
He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!"
Genesis 29:18
Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."
Genesis 30:1-2
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die!"
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
Genesis 35:19-20
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
Genesis 35:24
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 39:6
So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
Genesis 46:19-22
The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 48:7
As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, 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 depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more."
Matthew 2:18
"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more."