Genesis 29:16

(Now Laban had two daughters; ¹  the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

Ge 29:17,25-32; Ge 30:19; Ge 31:4; Ge 33:2; Ge 35:23; Ge 46:15; Ge 49:31; Ru 4:11

¹ tn Heb “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.