“ Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. ”
- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl , Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh , Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh , Zilpah, “drop?” 29. בלהה bı̂lhâh , Bilhah, “timidity.” 32. ראוּ...
Jacob Serves Seven Years for Rachel. Laban Substitutes Leah and Secures Fourteen Years'service in Exchange for the Two. Apart from bits of P ( Genesis 29:24 ; Genesis 29:28 b , Genesis 29:29 )...
tender . weak. beautiful . comely in form. Compare Genesis 39:6 . well favoured . comely in countenance.
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. Leah was tender-eyed - רכות raccoth, soft, delicate, lovely. I believe the word means just the reverse of the signification general...
Leah was tender-eyed— Leah had tender eyes: the Hebrew word רכות ( racoth ) imports soft, tender, and delicate; and, in that sense, some of the ancient versions render it, Leah had soft and...
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. Leah ... tender-eyed - i:e., soft blue eyes-thought a blemish; according to others, weak, dull, bleary eyes. [Septuagint,...
Jacob in Mesopotamia with Laban The divine care and blessing promised to Jacob at Bethel ( Genesis 28:15 ) are illustrated in the narrative of the sojourn of the patriarch at Haran, which apparent...
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Jacob in Laban's Home Genesis 29:1-20 Well might Jacob lift up his feet! See margin. When we are sure of God we receive strength that enables us to run with patience the race that is set befo...
Pursuing his journey after his experience at Luz, now called Beth-el, Jacob came into "the land of the children of the east." Here the next twenty years of his life were to be spent, during which he...
How striking is that scripture, in which the Holy Ghost takes notice of this event: Hosea 12:12 . Reader! do not overlook in this precious lesson, what interest a covenant God takes, in even the see...
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,...
Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. Ver. 17. Leah was tender-eyed. ] Purblind or squint, as one a interprets it. Now, a froward look and squint eyes, saith the hi...
JACOB MEETS RACHEL AND LABAN After many days of travel Jacob came to the land of his relatives. He could not phone to find his directions to their home, nor did he have any street and house number...
Jacob's Marriage. B. C. 1753. 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brot...
So called either upon this occasion of the meeting of divers kings here; or because king Melchizedek either had his habitation, or was much delighted with it, and conversant in it. See 2 Samuel 18:...
‘And Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Leah and the name of the younger was Rachel. And Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured.' The word for ‘tender'...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:15 . Because thou art my brother.] That is, my kinsman. This word, like “sister,” “son,” etc., is used with great latitude in the sacred writings. Genesis 29:17 ....
Genesis 29:1 . Jacob went on his journey. Our version fails here to express the lively sense of the Hebrew, as in most versions. Levabit pedes; he tripped along with light feet, being now assure...
Jacob served seven years for Rachel Jacob’s lowly estate I. ITS EVIDENCE. 1. He is obliged to accept a position of servitude. 2. He is obliged to prostitute the most sacred affections by...
EXPOSITION Genesis 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob (probably at the month's end), Because thou art —literally, is it not that . thou art (cf. Genesis 27:36 ; 2 Samuel 23:19 )— my br...
Jacob Serves Laban for Rachel
Rachel. Genesis 29:6-12 Genesis 29:18 Genesis 30:1 Genesis 30:2 Genesis 30:22 Genesis 35:19 Genesis 35:20 Genesis 35:24 Genesis 46:19-22 Genesis 48:7 1 Samuel 10:2 Jeremiah 31:...