Person

Leah

Name means
weary; tired
Mentioned
32 verses · first in Genesis 29:16

Family

GrandparentsBethuel
ParentsLaban
Leah married toIsrael
ChildrenJudahDinahLeviReubenZebulunSimeonIssachar
Brothers & sistersRachel

About Leah

Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-35), also one daughter, Dinah (30:21). She accompanied Jacob into Canaan, and died there before the time of the going down into Egypt (Gen. 31), and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (49:31).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

On the timeline

  1. 1757 BCBirth of ReubenGenesis 29:32
  2. 1756 BCBirth of SimeonGenesis 29:33
  3. 1755 BCBirth of LeviGenesis 29:34
  4. 1754 BCBirth of JudahGenesis 29:35
  5. 1751 BCBirth of IssacharGenesis 30:17–18
  6. 1750 BCBirth of ZebulonGenesis 30:19–20
  7. 1749 BCBirth of DinahGenesis 30:21
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Every mention

Genesis 29:16–17, 29:23–25, 29:30–32, 30:9–14, 30:16–20, 31:4, 31:14, 31:33, 33:1–2, 33:7, 34:1, 35:23, 35:26, 46:15, 46:18, 49:31
Ruth 4:11

People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.