לֵאָה

Genesis 29:16 לֵאָ֔ה [was] Leah

Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

Genesis 29:17 לֵאָ֖ה Leah

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

Genesis 29:23 לֵאָ֣ה Leah

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

Genesis 29:24 לְלֵאָ֥ה to Leah

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

Genesis 29:25 לֵאָ֑ה [was] Leah

When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

Genesis 29:30 מִלֵּאָ֑ה more than Leah

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

Here: Literally 'from Leah', the normal Hebrew way of saying 'more than'. Leah's name lands at the emphatic pause in the middle of the verse, and the next verse shows what this ranking cost her. The meaning of her name is uncertain; 'cow' and 'weary' are both proposed.

Genesis 29:31 לֵאָ֔ה Leah

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Here: Laban's older daughter, slipped into the marriage in place of Rachel (29:23-25). The name's meaning is uncertain: possibly 'cow' (compare Akkadian littu) or 'weary.'

Genesis 29:32 לֵאָה֙ Leah

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Here: Laban's older daughter. Jacob was tricked into marrying her (29:23–25), and the narrator has just said she was 'hated', meaning less loved than Rachel (29:30–31).

Genesis 30:9 לֵאָ֔ה Leah

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Here: Jacob's first wife, the less-loved older sister (29:30–31). She already has four sons (Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah), so she is not childless. The meaning of her name is uncertain: 'cow' (compare an Akkadian word) and 'weary' have both been suggested.

Genesis 30:10 לֵאָ֖ה Leah

And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

Here: Jacob's first and less-loved wife. Her name is attached to Zilpah's title, which shows that the birth counts toward Leah's side in her rivalry with Rachel.

Genesis 30:11 לֵאָ֖ה Leah

Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

Here: Jacob's first wife, the less-loved one (29:30-31). Zilpah gave birth, but Leah does the naming, because a child born to a wife's slave-woman counted legally as the wife's own.

Genesis 30:12 לֵאָ֔ה Leah

When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

Here: Jacob's first wife, Zilpah's owner. Naming her here shows whose side this birth counts for: it adds to Leah's tally against Rachel, and Leah is the one who names the boy (v.13).

Genesis 30:13 לֵאָ֔ה Leah

Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Genesis 30:14 לֵאָ֖ה לֵאָ֔ה Leah

Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:16 לֵאָ֜ה Leah

When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

Genesis 30:17 לֵאָ֑ה Leah

And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

Genesis 30:18 לֵאָ֗ה Leah

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

Genesis 30:19 לֵאָ֔ה Leah

Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

Genesis 30:20 לֵאָ֗ה Leah

“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

Genesis 31:4 וּלְלֵאָ֑ה and <to> Leah

So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,

Genesis 31:14 וְלֵאָ֔ה and Leah

And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

Genesis 31:33 לֵאָ֗ה לֵאָ֔ה Leah

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

Genesis 33:1 לֵאָה֙ Leah

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

Genesis 33:2 לֵאָ֤ה Leah

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

Genesis 33:7 לֵאָ֛ה Leah

Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

Genesis 34:1 לֵאָ֔ה Leah

Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

Genesis 35:23 לֵאָ֔ה Leah

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 35:26 לֵאָ֖ה Leah

And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Genesis 46:15 לֵאָ֗ה Leah

These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.

Genesis 46:18 לְלֵאָ֣ה to Leah

These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.

Genesis 49:31 לֵאָֽה׃ Leah

There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Ruth 4:11 וּכְלֵאָה֙ and like Leah

“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

Here: Jacob's older wife. She was the mother of Judah, the ancestor of Boaz's own tribe and clan (4:12, 18–22).