And the dove came in to him in the evening. And, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from off the earth.

And Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

And Leah was weak of eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.

And it happened in the evening, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him. And he went in to her.

And Laban gave Zilpah his slave woman to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

And it happened in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you tricked me?

And he also went in to Rachel. He also loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him still seven more years.

And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.

And Leah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Reuben, for she said, Surely Jehovah has looked upon my afflictions. Now therefore my husband will love me.

When Leah saw that she had quit bearing, she took her slave woman Zilpah and gave her to Jacob to wife.

And Leah's slave woman Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

And Leah said, With fortune. And she called his name Gad.

And Leah's slave woman Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

And Leah said, I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed. And she called his name Asher.

And Reuben went out in the days of the wheat harvest, and found love-apples in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, please give me some of your son's love-apples.

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening. And Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's love-apples. And he lay with her that night.

And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.

And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my slave to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.

And Leah said, God has given me a good present. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flocks.

And He said, Lift up your eyes and see all the rams which leap upon the cattle, that they are striped, speckled, and mottled. For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two slave women, and he did not find. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau came, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.

And he put the slave women and their children first, and Leah and her children afterward, and Rachel and Joseph last.

And Leah also, and her children, came near and bowed themselves. And afterward Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed.

Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on softly, according as the flocks that go before me, and the boys, are able to endure, until I come to my lord to Seir.

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's slave woman: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob born to him in Padan-aram.

And behold! Seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil in appearance, and lean of flesh! And they stood by the other cows on the river bank.

And the evil-appearing and lean-fleshed cows ate up the seven beautifully formed and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.

And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and evil of appearance, and lean of flesh, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.

And the lean and the evil-appearing cows ate up the first seven fat cows.

These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these whom she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.

They buried Abraham and his wife Sarah there, and they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And I buried Leah there;

And it happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near. For God said, Lest the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.

And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the right away, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, to go by day and night.

You blew with Your wind; the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

And now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. And in the day of My visitation I will visit their sin upon them.

Yet you may eat these of any flying swarming thing that goes on all four, those which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth.

And on those of you that are left I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as if fleeing from a sword. And they shall fall when none pursues.

and what the land is, whether fat or lean, whether there is wood in it or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of first ripe grapes.

who may go out before them, and who may go in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, so that the congregation of Jehovah may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.

Only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word among all nations where Jehovah shall lead you.

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp. He shall leap from Bashan.

Awake, awake, Deborah. Awake, awake, sing a song. Arise, Barak, lead your captivity captive, son of Abinoam.

And Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, Allow me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands, so that I may lean upon them.

And all the people in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, for these two built the house of Israel. And may you be blessed in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

And he said to him, Why are you, the king's son, lean from day to day? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, were to lead with lyres on the octave.

For if you turn again to Jehovah, your brothers and your sons will have mercies before those who lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land. For Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.

yet You in Your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to show them light and the way in which they should go.

He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not endure.

Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro? Will You pursue the dry stubble?

Oh that they were cut with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!

Can you make him leap like a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrifying.

Out of his mouth go burning torches, sparks of fire leap out.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.

Lead me, O Jehovah, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.

Lead me in Your truth, and teach me; for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day long.

Teach me Your way, O Jehovah, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.

For You are my rock and my fortress; and for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.

Oh send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill, and to Your tabernacles.

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom?

From the end of the earth I cry to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the Rock higher than I.

You shall lead me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

To the Chief Musician. A Testimony Concerning the Lilies. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You dwelling between the cherubs, shine forth.

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom?

And those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be on Israel.

even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.

and see if any wicked way is in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God; Your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.

When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment;

I would lead You, and bring You into my mother's house. You would instruct me; I would cause You to drink spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

For you shall be like an oak whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water.

And it shall be in that day, the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob, shall never again lean on him who struck them; but truly lean on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel.

Also the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the cub lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

And it shall be in that day, the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

so shall the king of Assyria lead away Egypt's prisoners, and the Ethiopian exiles, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with uncovered buttocks, to the shame of Egypt.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!

And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled like a scroll; and all their host shall droop, as a leaf falls off from the vine, and as the falling from the fig tree.

Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness waters shall break out, and streams in the desert.

Lo, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which, if a man lean on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those with young.

And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not; I will lead them in paths they have not known; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. I will do these things to them, and not forsake them.

They shall not hunger nor thirst; nor shall the heat nor sun strike them; for He who has mercy on them shall lead them; even by the springs of water He shall guide them.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

The bellows are burned, the lead is melted by the fire; the refiner melts in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.

I will utterly consume them, says Jehovah; there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them, those who pass over them.

They shall come with weeping, and with prayers I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

and he shall lead Zedekiah into Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, says Jehovah; though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not be blessed.

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the middle of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.