Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)
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.
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 older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel. 17 Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.) 18 Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, "I'll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel."
Cross References
Genesis 12:11
As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.
Genesis 24:16
Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.
Genesis 29:6-12
"Is he well?" Jacob asked. They replied, "He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."
Genesis 29:18
Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, "I'll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel."
Genesis 30:1-2
When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"
Genesis 30:22
Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.
Genesis 35:19-20
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Genesis 35:24
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 39:6
So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.
Genesis 46:19-22
The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 48:7
But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died -- to my sorrow -- in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).
1 Samuel 10:2
When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel's tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin's border. They will say to you, 'The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! He is asking, "What should I do about my son?"'
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.
Jeremiah 31:15
The Lord says, "A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone."
Matthew 2:18
"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone."