10 When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep. 11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud. 12 He had told Rachel that he was a relative of her fa...
and the eyes of Leah [are] tender, and Rachel has been beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.Young's Literal Translation and the eyes of Leah are tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.Smith's Literal TranslationAnd the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel ...
myself not to have these feelings,” she recalls, “that I went to the Bible looking for confirmation that it was wrong. And what I found was the exact opposite: support for cousin marriages.” The patriarch Jacob married two of his first cousins, Rachel and Leah. Smith married Mark in...