Genesis 29:17

Genesis 29:17. Leah was tender-eyed— Leah had tender eyes: the Hebrew word רכות (racoth) imports soft, tender, and delicate; and, in that sense, some of the ancient versions render it, Leah had soft and beautiful eyes, which were her chief or sole external grace; while Rachel was perfectly agreeable and complete in person, beautiful and well-favoured. By the first word, beautiful, is meant, say some, an exact symmetry and proportion of her body; by the latter, well-favoured, the loveliness of her face and complexion is expressed.