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Leah לֵאָה
Leah, the first wife of Jacob and mother of six of his sons and his daughter Dinah.
Family
| Father | Laban |
|---|---|
| Spouses | Israel |
| Children | Dinah, Issachar, Judah, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Zebulun |
| Brothers and sisters | Rachel |
Where Leah appears
Key verses
- Genesis 29:16 first mention — And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- Genesis 29:17 — Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Genesis 29:30 — And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 29:32 — And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
- Genesis 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Genesis 30:13 — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
- Genesis 30:20 — And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
- Genesis 34:1 — And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 35:23 — The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- Genesis 46:15 — These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
- Ruth 4:11 — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.