Category:Leah

Leah is a Biblical figure who was a wife of Jacob, sister of Rachel, and older daughter of Laban.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Leah - Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Genesis 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Genesis 29:23). She was "tender-eyed" (Genesis 29:17). She bore to Jacob six sons - Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun - (Genesis 29:32), also one daughter, Dinah (Genesis 30:21). She accompanied Jacob into Canaan, and died there before the time of the going down into Egypt (Genesis 31), and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 49:31).