Genesis 29:17

17 Lea was tender eyed: But Rahel was bewtifull ad well fauored.

Genesis 29:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:17

Leah [was] tender eyed
Blear eyed, had a moisture in them, which made them red, and so she was not so agreeable to look at; though Onkelos renders the words,

``the eyes of Leah were beautiful,''

as if her beauty lay in her eyes, and nowhere else;

but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured;
in all parts, in the form of her countenance, in her shape and stature, and in her complexion, her hair black, her flesh white and ruddy, as Ben Melech observes.

Genesis 29:17 In-Context

15 And afterward Laban sayd vnto Iacob: though thou be my brother shuldest thou therfore serue me for nought?tell me what shall thi wages be?
16 And Laban had .ij. doughters the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel.
17 Lea was tender eyed: But Rahel was bewtifull ad well fauored.
18 And Iacob loued her well and sayde: I will serue the .vij. yere for Rahel thy yongest doughter.
19 And Laban answered: it is better yt I geue her the than to another man? byde therfore with me.
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