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Sforno on Genesis 29:30/ספורנו על בראשית כ״ט:ל׳

אוַיֶּאֱהַב גַּם אֶת רָחֵל. לֹא בִּשְׁבִיל הָאִישׁוּת בִּלְבַד, אֲבָל גַּם בַּאֲשֶׁר הִיא רָחֵל, בִּשְׁבִיל מַעֲשֶׂיהָ הַנִּמְשָׁכִים לְצוּרָתָהּ הָאִישִׁיִּית.
1ויאהב גם את רחל, not only because she was his wife, and such love is natural, but because she was Rachel, because of her distinct personality and her deeds which reflected this personality.
במִלֵּאָה. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָיְתָה הִיא הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, שֶׁאֵין הַמִּנְהָג שֶׁיִּמְצָא אָדָם קוֹרַת רוּחַ אֶלָּא בָּהּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִזְכִּירוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (יבמות סג:).
2מלאה, even though since she was his first wife it would have been natural for her to capture most of her husband’s love, (Yevamot 63) Yaakov preferred Rachel.