Leah
Leah is Laban's older daughter, identified in Genesis as Jacob's spouse and the mother of several of his children.
Leah in the Bible is Laban's older daughter and Jacob's spouse, first named when Laban's two daughters are identified in Genesis 29:16 and brought to Jacob in Genesis 29:23.
Leah is named in at least 32 verses across Genesis and Ruth. In the account of her coming to Jacob, the following morning Jacob challenges Laban over what was done; the passage then says that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah and that the LORD saw Leah was hated and opened her womb (Genesis 29:25, Genesis 29:30, Genesis 29:31).
Genesis identifies Leah's sons as Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun (Genesis 35:23). Dinah is called Leah's daughter, whom she bore to Jacob (Genesis 34:1). Zilpah is identified as Leah's maidservant, and Gad and Asher are named among Zilpah's sons (Genesis 35:26). Leah later approaches with her children and bows (Genesis 33:7).
A burial statement includes the words, “there I buried Leah” (Genesis 49:31). In Ruth, witnesses ask that a woman entering a household be made like Rachel and Leah, who “together built the house of Israel” (Ruth 4:11).
Across Scripture
Genesis · Ruth