Bible Verses About Leah
Bible verses about Leah
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan–aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.