Biblical Person
Leah
Verses mentioning Leah
- Gen 29:16 — And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- Gen 29:17 — Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 29:24 — And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Gen 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?
- Gen 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.
- Gen 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Gen 30:10 — And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- Gen 30:11 — And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
- Gen 30:12 — And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- Gen 30:13 — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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