Quotes about Leah
Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
- Genesis 29:16
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
- Genesis 29:17
But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
- Genesis 29:23
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- Genesis 29:24
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 29:25
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
- Genesis 29:30
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 29:31
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.”
- Genesis 29:32
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
- Genesis 29:34
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
- Genesis 29:35
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Genesis 30:9
And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:10