LEAH


Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

GEN 29:16  Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and 
the name of the younger was Rachel.

23  But when evening came, he took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, 
and Jacob lay with her.

24  And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter as her 
maidservant.

25  When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, "What is 
this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn't I? Why have you 
deceived me?"

26  Laban replied, "It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter 
in marriage before the older one.

31  When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb, but 
Rachel was barren.

32  Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for 
she said, "It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband 
will love me now."

33  She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, 
"Because the LORD heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too." So 
she named him Simeon.

34  Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Now at 
last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three 
sons." So he was named Levi.

35  She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "This 
time I will praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped 
having children.

30:9  When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her 
maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

10  Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11  Then Leah said, "What good fortune!" So she named him Gad.

12  Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

13  Then Leah said, "How happy I am! The women will call me happy." So she 
named him Asher.

17  God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth 
son.

18  Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my 
husband." So she named him Issachar.

19  Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

20  Then Leah said, "God has presented me with a precious gift. This time 
my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons." So 
she named him Zebulun.

21  Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

31:4  So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where 
his flocks were.

14  Then Rachel and Leah replied, "Do we still have any share in the 
inheritance of our father's estate?

17  Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,

33:2  He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her 
children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.

3  He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he 
approached his brother.

4  But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around 
his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

5  Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with 
you?" he asked. Jacob answered, "They are the children God has graciously 
given your servant."

6  Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

7  Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph 
and Rachel, and they too bowed down.

RTH 4:11  Then the elders and all those at the gate said, "We are 
witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like 
Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you have 
standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

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