"Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Leah was tender eyed,.... Blear eyed, had a moisture in them, which made them red, and so she was not so agreeable to look at; though Onkelos renders the words,"the
eyes of Leah were beautiful,''as if her beauty lay in her eyes, and nowhere else: but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured; in all parts, in the form of her countenance, in her shape and stature, and in her complexion, her hair black, her flesh white and ruddy, as Ben Melech observes.
Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Leah was tender eyed,.... Blear eyed, had a moisture in them, which made them red, and so she was not so agreeable to look at; though Onkelos renders the words,"the
eyes of Leah were beautiful,''as if her beauty lay in her eyes, and nowhere else: but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured; in all parts, in the form of her countenance, in her shape and stature, and in her complexion, her hair black, her flesh white and ruddy, as Ben Melech observes.