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eyes

Meaning of “eyes”

The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:5

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Genesis 31:12
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 31:12 · retained source text

And hee said, Lift vp now thine eyes, and see, all the rammes which leape vpon the cattell are ring-straked, speckled and grisled: for I haue seene all that Laban doeth vnto thee.

Genesis 31:40
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 31:40 · retained source text

Thus I was in y e day, the drought consumed mee, and the frost by night, aud my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Genesis 33:1
AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 33:1 · retained source text

¶ And Iacob lifted vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and with him foure hundreth men: and hee diuided the children vnto Leah, and vnto Rachel, and vnto the two handmaids.

Genesis 33:5
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 33:5 · retained source text

And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and said, who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously giuen thy seruant.

1611 marginal noteHeb. To thee.

Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 34:11 · retained source text

And Shechem said vnto her father, and vnto her brethren, Let mee finde grace in your eyes, and what yee shall say vnto me, I will giue.

Genesis 37:25
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:25 · retained source text

And they sate downe to eat bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels, bearing spicery, & baulme, and myrrhe, going to cary it downe to Egypt.

Genesis 39:7
¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 39:7 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.

Genesis 41:37
¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 41:37 · retained source text

¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his seruants.

Genesis 42:24
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 42:24 · retained source text

And hee turned himselfe about from them and wept, and returned to them againe, and communed with them, and tooke from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 43:29
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 43:29 · retained source text

And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe his brother Beniamin, his mothers sonne, and said, Is this your yonger brother, of whom yee spake vnto mee? and he said, God be gracious vnto thee, my sonne.

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