Genesis 29:17

17 sed Lia lippis erat oculis Rahel decora facie et venusto aspectu

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 dixit ei num quia frater meus es gratis servies mihi dic quid mercedis accipias
16 habebat vero filias duas nomen maioris Lia minor appellabatur Rahel
17 sed Lia lippis erat oculis Rahel decora facie et venusto aspectu
18 quam diligens Iacob ait serviam tibi pro Rahel filia tua minore septem annis
19 respondit Laban melius est ut tibi eam dem quam viro alteri mane apud me
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.