Leah

Leah is a woman living at the time of the Patriarchs. She is named in 32 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 29:16.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 29:16
  And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
• Genesis 29:17
  Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
• Genesis 29:23
  And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
• Genesis 29:24
  And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
• Genesis 29:25
  And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
• 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.Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
• Genesis 29:31
  And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, 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.And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
• Genesis 30:9
  When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
• Genesis 30:10
  And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
• Genesis 30:11
  And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
• Genesis 30:12
  And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
• Genesis 30:13
  And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
• Genesis 30:14
  And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
• Genesis 30:16
  And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
• Genesis 30:17
  And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
• Genesis 30:18
  And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
• Genesis 30:19
  And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
• 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.“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
• Genesis 31:4
  And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
• Genesis 31:14
  And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
• Genesis 31:33
  And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
• 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.Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
• Genesis 33:2
  And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
• Genesis 33:7
  And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
• Genesis 34:1
  And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit 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:The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
• Genesis 35:26
  And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
• 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.These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
• Genesis 46:18
  These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
• Genesis 49:31
  There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Ruth

• 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:“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

Notes

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