Genesis 29:17

Jacob Deceived

¹⁶ Laban had two daughters. The older was named Leah and the younger Rachel. ¹⁷ And Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of form and face. ¹⁸ Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said: I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel.

Leah

Rachel

Genesis 12:11

He was about to enter Egypt. He said to his wife Sarai: I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Genesis 24:16

The girl was a very attractive virgin. No man had ever had sexual intercourse with her. She went to the spring and filled her jar, and came back.

Genesis 29:6-12

Jacob asked: How is he? They replied: He is well. Here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

Genesis 29:18

Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said: I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel.

Genesis 30:1-2

Rachel had not borne Jacob any children. As a result, she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob: Give me children, or I will die.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb.

Genesis 35:19-20

Rachel died and was buried on the way to Bethlehem (Ephrath).

Genesis 35:24

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 39:6

Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph. He did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well built and good-looking.

Genesis 46:19-22

The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 48:7

Your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we left northern Syria and before we reached Bethlehem. I had to bury her along the way.

1 Samuel 10:2

When you leave me today two men will be at Rachel's grave on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you: 'We have found the donkeys you are looking for. Your father no longer cares about them. Instead he is worried about you. He keeps asking: What can I do to find my son?'

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain. But a woman who respects Jehovah will be praised.

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what Jehovah says: 'A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.'

Matthew 2:18

A sound was heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is weeping for her children. She would not be comforted, because they were dead.