Cross references

Genesis 29:17

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

Genesis 29:17 BSB
  1. a Or had delicate eyes

Genesis 29:17 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 12:11 (4 votes) and Genesis 24:16 (3 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Genesis 12 to Matthew 2.

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  1. As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

  2. Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

  3. “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.” “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.” …

  4. Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

  5. When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

  6. Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

  7. So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

  8. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

  9. So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

  10. The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. …

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