Reference: Leah
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The elder daughter of Laban, and the first wife of Jacob, though less beloved than her sister Rachel. She had, through life, the remembrance of the deceit by which her father had imposed her upon Jacob. She was the mother of seven children, among whom were Reuben-Jacob's firstborn-and Judah, the ancestor of the leading tribe among the Jews, of the royal line, and of our Lord, Ge 29:16-35; 30:1-21. She is supposed to have died before the removal of the family into Egypt, Ge 49:31.
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And to Laban two daughters: the name to the great, Leah; and the name to the small, Rachel. And the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel was fair of form and fair of look. read more. And Jacob will love Rachel, and will say, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy daughter the small. And Laban will say, Good for me to give her to thee rather than for me to give her to another man. Dwell with me. And Jacob will serve for Rachel seven years, and they will be in his eyes as a few days in his loving her. And Jacob will say to Laban, Give my wife, for the days were completed, and I will go in to her. And Laban will gather together all the men of the place, and will make a drinking. And it will be in the evening, and he will take Leah his daughter, and bring her to him, and he will go in to her. And Laban will give to her, Zilpah his maid, to Leah his daughter a maid. And it will be in the morning, and behold, she was Leak And he will say to Laban, What this thou didst to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? and wherefore didst thou deceive me? And Laban will say, It shall not be done so in our place, to give the small before the first-born. Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years. And Jacob will do so, and he will complete her seven, and he will give to him Rachel his daughter to him for a wife. And Laban will give to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his maid to her for a maid. And he will go in also to Rachel, and he will also love Rachel more than Leah, and he will serve with him yet other seven years. And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren. And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me. And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon. And she will conceive yet again, and will bear a son, and she will say, The time now, my husband will join himself to me, for I bare to him three sons: for this his name was called Levi And she will conceive yet again and will bear a son, and she will say, This time I will confess to Jehovah: for this she called his name Judah; and she will stand from bearing.
And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die. And Jacob's anger will burn at Rachel, and he will say, Am I instead of God, who kept back from thee the fruit of the belly? read more. And she will say, Behold my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bring forth upon my knees, and I also shall be built from her. And she will give to him Bilhah her maid for a wife, and Jacob will go in to her. And Bilhah will conceive and will bear to Jacob a son. And Rachel will say, God judged me and also heard my voice, and he will give to me a son; for this she called his name Dan. And Bilhah, Rachel's maid will yet again conceive and bare a second son to Jacob. And Rachel will say, The wrestlings of God I wrestled with my sister; also I was able. And she will call his name Naphtali. And Leah will see that she stood from bringing forth, and she will take Zilpah her maid and will give her to Jacob for a wife. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear to Jacob a son. And Leah will say, In good fortune: and she will call his name Gad. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear a second son to Jacob. And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher. And Reuben will go in the day of the harvest of wheat, and will find apples of mandrakes in the field, and he will bring them to Leah his mother: and Rachel will say to Leah, Give now to me of thy son's apples of mandrakes. And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes. And Jacob will come from the field in the evening, and Leah will go forth to his meeting, and she will say, Thou shalt come in to me, for hiring I hired thee for my son's apples of mandrakes: and he will lie with her in that night And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son. And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar. And Leah will conceive yet again, and will bear the sixth son to Jacob. And Leah will say, God gave me a good gift; this time will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons. And she will call his name Zebulon. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and she will call her name Dinah.
Easton
weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Ge 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Ge 29:23). She was "tender-eyed" (Ge 29:17). She bore to Jacob six sons (Ge 29:32-35), also one daughter, Dinah (Ge 30:21). She accompanied Jacob into Canaan, and died there before the time of the going down into Egypt (Ge 31), and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Ge 49:31).
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And to Laban two daughters: the name to the great, Leah; and the name to the small, Rachel. And the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel was fair of form and fair of look.
And it will be in the evening, and he will take Leah his daughter, and bring her to him, and he will go in to her.
And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me. And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon. read more. And she will conceive yet again, and will bear a son, and she will say, The time now, my husband will join himself to me, for I bare to him three sons: for this his name was called Levi And she will conceive yet again and will bear a son, and she will say, This time I will confess to Jehovah: for this she called his name Judah; and she will stand from bearing.
Fausets
(See JACOB; LABAN.) She was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Ge 49:31).
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Hastings
The elder daughter of Laban, married to Jacob by stratagem (Ge 29:21 ff.). Jacob's love for her was less than for Rachel (Ge 29:30); sometimes she is said to be hated (Ge 29:31,33). She was the mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and a daughter Dinah (Ge 29:31-35; 30:18,20-21). She was buried in the cave of Machpelah before Jacob went to Egypt (Ge 49:31). She is mentioned in Ru 4:11. Her name probably means 'mistress,' equivalent to Assyrian li'at (Haupt, GGN [Note: GN Nachrichten der konigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu G
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And Jacob will say to Laban, Give my wife, for the days were completed, and I will go in to her.
And he will go in also to Rachel, and he will also love Rachel more than Leah, and he will serve with him yet other seven years. And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren.
And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren. And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me. read more. And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon.
And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon. And she will conceive yet again, and will bear a son, and she will say, The time now, my husband will join himself to me, for I bare to him three sons: for this his name was called Levi read more. And she will conceive yet again and will bear a son, and she will say, This time I will confess to Jehovah: for this she called his name Judah; and she will stand from bearing.
And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar.
And Leah will say, God gave me a good gift; this time will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons. And she will call his name Zebulon. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and she will call her name Dinah.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaak and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Morish
Le'ah
The elder daughter of Laban, given to Jacob as wife through the artifice of her father. She was 'tender eyed,' and not as beautiful as Rachel; but she was blessed of God in bearing to Jacob six sons and one daughter, and was thus the mother of the heads of the important tribes of Reuben, Levi, and Judah, as well as of Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun. Ge 29:16-35; 30:9-21; 31:4,14,33; 33:1-2,7; 49:31.
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And to Laban two daughters: the name to the great, Leah; and the name to the small, Rachel. And the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel was fair of form and fair of look. read more. And Jacob will love Rachel, and will say, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy daughter the small. And Laban will say, Good for me to give her to thee rather than for me to give her to another man. Dwell with me. And Jacob will serve for Rachel seven years, and they will be in his eyes as a few days in his loving her. And Jacob will say to Laban, Give my wife, for the days were completed, and I will go in to her. And Laban will gather together all the men of the place, and will make a drinking. And it will be in the evening, and he will take Leah his daughter, and bring her to him, and he will go in to her. And Laban will give to her, Zilpah his maid, to Leah his daughter a maid. And it will be in the morning, and behold, she was Leak And he will say to Laban, What this thou didst to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? and wherefore didst thou deceive me? And Laban will say, It shall not be done so in our place, to give the small before the first-born. Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years. And Jacob will do so, and he will complete her seven, and he will give to him Rachel his daughter to him for a wife. And Laban will give to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his maid to her for a maid. And he will go in also to Rachel, and he will also love Rachel more than Leah, and he will serve with him yet other seven years. And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren. And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me. And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon. And she will conceive yet again, and will bear a son, and she will say, The time now, my husband will join himself to me, for I bare to him three sons: for this his name was called Levi And she will conceive yet again and will bear a son, and she will say, This time I will confess to Jehovah: for this she called his name Judah; and she will stand from bearing.
And Leah will see that she stood from bringing forth, and she will take Zilpah her maid and will give her to Jacob for a wife. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear to Jacob a son. read more. And Leah will say, In good fortune: and she will call his name Gad. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear a second son to Jacob. And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher. And Reuben will go in the day of the harvest of wheat, and will find apples of mandrakes in the field, and he will bring them to Leah his mother: and Rachel will say to Leah, Give now to me of thy son's apples of mandrakes. And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes. And Jacob will come from the field in the evening, and Leah will go forth to his meeting, and she will say, Thou shalt come in to me, for hiring I hired thee for my son's apples of mandrakes: and he will lie with her in that night And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son. And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar. And Leah will conceive yet again, and will bear the sixth son to Jacob. And Leah will say, God gave me a good gift; this time will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons. And she will call his name Zebulon. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and she will call her name Dinah.
And Jacob will send and call to Rachel and to Leah in the field to his sheep.
And Rachel will answer, and Leah, and they will say to him, Is yet to us a portion and inheritance in our father's house?
And Laban will go into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maids, and he found them not And he will go out from the tent of Leah and will go into Rachel's tent
And Jacob will lift up his eyes and will see, and behold Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he will divide the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two maids. And he set the maids and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
And Leah also will draw near, and her children, and they will bow themselves; and after, Joseph will draw near and Rachel, and they will prostrate themselves.
Smith
Le'ah
(wearied), the daughter of Laban.
The dullness or weakness of her eyes was so notable that it is mentioned as a contrast to the beautiful form and appearance of her younger sister Rachel. Her father took advantage of the opportunity which the local marriage rite afforded to pass her off in her sister's stead on the unconscious bridegroom, and excused himself to Jacob by alleging that the custom of the country forbade the younger sister to be given first in marriage. Jacob's preference of Rachel grew into hatred of Leah after he had married both sisters. Leah, however, bore to him in quick succession Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, then Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah, before Rachel had a child. She died some time after Jacob reached the south country in which his father Isaac lived. She was buried in the family grave in Machpelah, near Hebron.
(B.C. about 1720.)