Genesis 29:16

Leah. Hebrew weary.

Rachel. Hebrew. ewe.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl , Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh , Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh , Zilpah, “drop?” 29....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

was Leah. Genesis 29:17 Genesis 29:25-32 Genesis 30:19 Genesis 31:4 Genesis 33:2 Genesis 35:23 Genesis 46:15 Genesis 49:31 Ruth 4:11...

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 29:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 29:16