b[Judg. 14:12]
cSee ch. 30:3-7
dver. 20; ch. 31:41
eDeut. 21:15
f[ch. 30:22]
hch. 31:42; Ex. 3:7; 4:31; Deut. 26:7
iFor ver. 23-26, see ch. 46:8-27; Ex. 1:2-4
jSee ch. 29:32-35; 30:1-21
kch. 23:19; 25:9
lch. 35:29
mSee ver. 1
nSee Gen. 29:31–30:24; 35:16-18
oDeut. 25:9
pGen. 35:16, 19
qver. 14

Genesis 29:17

17Leah’s eyes were weak, ▼
▼Or soft
 but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

Genesis 29:25-32

25And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?” 26Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 bComplete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.” 28Jacob did so, and completed her week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 29(Laban gave chis female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) 30So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban dfor another seven years.

Jacob’s Children

31When the Lord saw that Leah was ehated, fhe opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 32And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, ▼
▼ Reuben means See, a son
 for she said, “Because the Lord hhas looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 30:19

19And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.

Genesis 31:4

4So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was

Genesis 33:2

2And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

Genesis 35:23

23The sons of Leah: iReuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:15

15These are the sons of Leah, jwhom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.

Genesis 49:31

31 kThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There lthey buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah—

Ruth 4:11

11Then all the people who were mat the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, nwho together obuilt up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in pEphrathah and qbe renowned in Bethlehem,
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