Genesis 29:16

16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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Genesis 29:16 in Other Translations

KJV

16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

ESV

16 Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

NLT

16 Now Laban had two daughters. The older daughter was named Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.

MSG

16 Now Laban had two daughters; Leah was the older and Rachel the younger.

CSB

16 Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

Genesis 29:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:16

And Laban had two daughters
Grown up and marriageable:

and the name of the elder was Leah;
which signifies labour or weariness:

and the name of the younger was Rachel;
before mentioned, whom Jacob met with at the well, ( Genesis 29:10 ) ; and whose name signifies a sheep, as before observed, (See Gill on Genesis 29:9).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 29:16 In-Context

14 Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,

15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.

18 Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Cross References 2

1. ver 17,23,28,30; Genesis 30:9; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 47:30; Genesis 49:31; Ruth 4:11
2. ver 9-10

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