Genesis 29:17

 Genesis 29:17

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

a. ASV: And Leah’s eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. YLT: and the eyes of Leah are tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance. [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: Leah’s eyes were weak and dull looking, but Rachel was beautiful and attractive. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. NLT: There was no sparkle in Leah’s eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

e. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: Leah’s eyes were tender, while Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.)[The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]

f. Torah, Judaism and Jewish information on the web: www.chabad.org; Online English Translation of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible): Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel had beautiful features and a beautiful complexion. [English Translation, Ⓒ Copyright The Judaica Press All rights reserved.]

1. “Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.”

a. Leah [Strong: 3812 Le'ah lay-aw' from 3811; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob:--Leah.]

b. [was] tender [Strong: 7390 rak rak from 7401; tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak:--faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.]

c. eyed [Strong: 5869 `ayin ah'-yin probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):--affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).]

d. Rachel [Strong: 7354 Rachel raw-khale' the same as 7353; Rachel, a wife of Jacob:--Rachel.]

e. was [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]

f. beautiful [Strong: 3303 yapheh yaw-feh' from 3302; beautiful (literally or figuratively):--+ beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.]

g. [Strong: 8389 to'ar to'-ar from 8388; outline, i.e. figure or appearance:--+ beautiful, X comely, countenance, + fair, X favoured, form, X goodly, X resemble, visage.]

h. [and] well beautiful [Strong: 3303 yapheh yaw-feh' from 3302; beautiful (literally or figuratively):--+ beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.]

i. favored 4758 mar'eh mar-eh' from 7200; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision:--X apparently, appearance(-reth), X as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.]