Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
MESSAGE
Now Laban had two daughters; Leah was the older and Rachel the younger.
NKJV
Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
PHILIPS
RWEBSTR
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
GWV
Laban had two daughters. The name of the older one was Leah, and the name of the younger one was Rachel.
NET
(Now Laban had two daughters;* the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.
NET
29:16 (Now Laban had two daughters;1744
tnHeb “and to Laban [there were] two daughters.” The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a conjunction and a prepositional phrase) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, vv. 16-17 have been set in parentheses in the translation.
the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.