¹⁷ Leah’s eyes were ^[a]delicate, but Rachel was ^(A)beautiful of form and appearance.

¹¹ And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are ^(A)a woman of beautiful countenance.

Mercy on Ephraim

¹⁵ Thus says the Lord:

² When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by ^(A)Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin ^(B)at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about ^(C)you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

⁷ But as for me, when I came from Padan, ^(A)Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

¹⁹ The ^(A)sons of Rachel, ^(B)Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin. ^20 (C)And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. ^21 (D)The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, ^(E)Ehi, Rosh, ^(F)Muppim, ^[a]Huppim, and Ard. ²² These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons in all.

⁶ Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s ^[a]hand, and he did not know what he had except for the ^[b]bread which he ate.

Now Joseph ^(A)was handsome in form and appearance.