The Meaning of Genesis 29:16 Explained

Genesis 29:16

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

YLT: And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder is Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 29:16?

MEANING: What does Genesis 29:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 29:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 29:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 29:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 29:1-20 - Jacob In Laban's Home
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 before us. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and we have a special claim on His guidance in our matrimonial alliances-the most solemn and momentous step of all. There were many good qualities in Rachel, fitting her to be a good wife. Her humility and industry, her patience under the oppression of the unmannerly shepherds, her haste to share her joy with her father-all these elicited Jacob's love. What a touch of old-world and new-world poetry is in those words of Genesis 29:20! Where Love is queen time is too short, labor never hard, distance never long, sacrifice unheard of! Oh, that we so loved our Lord, that for the missionary toiling through long years, and the invalid condemned to a life of pain, affliction might appear light and but for a moment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 29

1  Jacob comes to the well of Haran
9  He becomes acquainted with Rachel
13  Laban entertains him
18  Jacob covenants for Rachel
23  He is deceived by Laban with Leah
28  He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more
32  Leah bears Reuben;
33  Simeon;
34  Levi;
35  and Judah

What do the individual words in Genesis 29:16 mean?

now Laban had two daughters the name of the elder [was] Leah and the name of the younger [was] Rachel
וּלְלָבָ֖ן שְׁתֵּ֣י בָנ֑וֹת שֵׁ֤ם הַגְּדֹלָה֙ לֵאָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַקְּטַנָּ֖ה רָחֵֽל

וּלְלָבָ֖ן  now  Laban  had 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לָבָן 
Sense: son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel.
שְׁתֵּ֣י  two 
Parse: Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
בָנ֑וֹת  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
שֵׁ֤ם  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הַגְּדֹלָה֙  of  the  elder  [was] 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
לֵאָ֔ה  Leah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לֵאָה  
Sense: daughter of Laban, first wife of Jacob, and mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah.
וְשֵׁ֥ם  and  the  name 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הַקְּטַנָּ֖ה  of  the  younger  [was] 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
רָחֵֽל  Rachel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רָחֵל  
Sense: daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

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