Leah

How Nave’s arranged it

• The older daughter of LabanGenesis 29:16
• Married to JacobGenesis 29:23–26
• Children ofGenesis 29:31–35Genesis 30:9–13Genesis 30:17–21
• Flees with JacobGenesis 31:4Genesis 31:14Genesis 31:17Genesis 33:2–7
• The builder of the house of IsraelRuth 4:11

The passages, in Bible order (10)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 10 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 29:16

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 29:161 voice

   “And Laban had two daughters,.... Grown up and marriageable: and the name of the elder was Leah; which signifies labour or weariness: and the name of the younger was Rachel; before mentioned, whom Jacob met with at the well, Gen 29:10; and whose name signifies a sheep, as before observed; see Gill on Gen 29:9.

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2. Genesis 29:23–26

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 29:23–262 voices

   “In the evening - he took Leah his daughter - As the bride was always veiled, and the bride chamber generally dark, or nearly so, and as Leah was brought to Jacob in the evening, the imposition here practiced might easily pass undetected by Jacob, till the ensuing day discovered the fraud.

   “This was Laban's sin; he wronged both Jacob and Rachel, whose affections, doubtless, were engaged to each other, and, if (as some say) Leah was herein no better than an adulteress, it was no small wrong to her too.

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3. Genesis 29:31–35

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 29:31–352 voices

   “And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated,....

   “The Lord saw that Leah was hated - From this and the preceding verse we get the genuine meaning of the word שנא sane, to hate, in certain disputed places in the Scriptures.

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4. Genesis 30:9–13

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 30:9–131 voice

   “When Leah saw that she had left bearing,.... For a little while, for she afterwards bore again, and observing also what her sister had done: she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife: in this she was less excusable than Rachel, since she had four children of her own, and therefore might have been content without desiring others by her maid; nor had she long left off bearing, and therefore had no reason to give up hope of having any more.

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5. Genesis 30:17–21

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 30:17–212 voices

   “(Verse 17 and 18.) And God heard Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob her fifth son, and she said, 'God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband.' And she called his name Issachar. The Septuagint Interpreters have given the etymology of this name, it is wages. Not that, as many wrongly read with an added pronoun, it is to be understood as written, which is wages, but the whole name is interpreted, it is wages.

   “And God hearkened unto Leah,....

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6. Genesis 31:4

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:42 voices

   “Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah - He had probably been at some considerable distance with the flocks; and for the greater secrecy, he rather sends for them to the field, to consult them on this most momentous affair, than visit them in their tents, where probably some of the family of Laban might overhear their conversation, though Laban himself was at the time three days’ journey off.

   “And Jacob sent,.... Having this encouragement and direction from the Lord, which seems to have been given him in the field, while he was attending his flocks, he dispatched a messenger home to his wives, one of his servants or under shepherds.

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7. Genesis 31:14

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:141 voice

   “And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him,.... One after another, and their answers agreeing, are put together; it may be Rachel answered in the name of Leah, and for herself, since she is mentioned first, and the verb is singular.

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8. Genesis 31:17

   Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:171 voice

   “Then Jacob rose up,....

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9. Genesis 33:2–7

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 33:2–72 voices

   “(Chapter 33, verses 1 and 2.) And he divided the children over Leah and over Rachel, and over the two maidservants, and he placed the maidservants and their firstborn sons: but Leah and her youngest sons, and Rachel and Joseph the youngest. And he himself went before them. No, as most people think, he did not make three groups, but two.

   “And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,.... In the first division, as being less honourable and less beloved by him: and Leah and her children after; still according to the degree of honour and affection due unto them; Leah being a wife that was imposed and forced upon him: and Rachel and Joseph hindermost; being most beloved by him, and therefore most careful of them; Rachel being his principal and lawful wife, and who had the greatest share in his affection, and Joseph his only child by her.

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10. Ruth 4:11

    “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.

    ›Commentary on Ruth 4:112 voices

    “There was no signing of deeds; yet was the transfer made, and complete security given, by the public manner in which the whole matter was carried on and concluded. the Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah--This was the usual bridal benediction.

    “Rachel and Leah - Amiable and fruitful. These two are singled out, because they were of a foreign original, and yet ingrafted into God's people, as Ruth was; and because of that fertility which God vouchsafed unto them above their predecessors, Sarah and Rebecca. Rachel is placed before Leah, because she was his most lawful, and best-beloved wife.

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