KJV King James Version
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
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Genesis 29:16
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
WEB World English Bible
Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
ASV American Standard Version
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder is Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be]?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
17 Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19 And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
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Genesis 49:31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.Ruth 4:11And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:Genesis 46:15These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters [were] thirty and three.Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:Genesis 30:19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.Genesis 29:17Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.Genesis 29:25-32And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?Genesis 31:4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,Genesis 33:2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
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