Genesis 29:17
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Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
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As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
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.
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
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,
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.