Leah
Bible Person · Female
Who was Leah?
Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-35), also one daughter, Dinah (30:21). She accompanied Jacob into Canaan, and died there before the time of the going down into Egypt (Gen. 31), and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (49:31).
Biography from Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain).
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Where Leah appears in Scripture
- Genesis 29:16
- Genesis 29:17
- Genesis 29:23
- Genesis 29:24
- Genesis 29:25
- Genesis 29:30
- Genesis 29:31
- Genesis 29:32
- Genesis 30:9
- Genesis 30:10
- Genesis 30:11
- Genesis 30:12
- Genesis 30:13
- Genesis 30:14
- Genesis 30:16
- Genesis 30:17
- Genesis 30:18
- Genesis 30:19
- Genesis 30:20
- Genesis 31:4
- Genesis 31:14
- Genesis 31:33
- Genesis 33:1
- Genesis 33:2
- Genesis 33:7
- Genesis 34:1
- Genesis 35:23
- Genesis 35:26
- Genesis 46:15
- Genesis 46:18
- Genesis 49:31
- Ruth 4:11
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