“Leah’s eyes were delicate and Rachel was of beautiful form and of beautiful appearance” (Genesis 29:17). “Leah’s eyes were delicate” – Rabbi Yoḥanan’s disseminator interpreted: Leah’s eyes were weak.45From birth. He said to him: ‘Your mother’s eyes were weak.’ What is delicate?
They were delicate from weeping, as they46People would say. would say: ‘These were the stipulations: The elder to the elder and the younger to the younger.’47Leah was to be married to Esau and Rachel to Jacob. She would weep and say: ‘May it be His will that I will not fall to the lot of that wicked man.’ Rav Huna said: Prayer is powerful, as it nullified the decree. Moreover, she preceded her sister. “Rachel was of beautiful form” – the primary distinctive characteristic of Rachel was that she was fair – “Rachel was…”