# לֵאָה (leah)

Israeli respelling: le-ah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3812. 32 Old Testament occurrences.

Leah, a wife of Jacob

King James renderings: Leah.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/leah-h3812

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 29:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/16) — And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- [Genesis 29:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/17) — Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- [Genesis 29:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/23) — And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
- [Genesis 29:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/24) — And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- [Genesis 29:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/25) — And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve w…
- [Genesis 29:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/30) — And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- [Genesis 29:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/31) — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- [Genesis 29:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/32) — And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now there…
- [Genesis 30:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/9) — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- [Genesis 30:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/10) — And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- [Genesis 30:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/11) — And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
- [Genesis 30:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/12) — And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- [Genesis 30:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/13) — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
- [Genesis 30:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/14) — And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to…
- [Genesis 30:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/16) — And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired…
- [Genesis 30:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/17) — And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
- [Genesis 30:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/18) — And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- [Genesis 30:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/19) — And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
- [Genesis 30:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/20) — And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called hi…
- [Genesis 31:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/4) — And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
- [Genesis 31:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/14) — And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
- [Genesis 31:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/33) — And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Le…
- [Genesis 33:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/33/1) — And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and…
- [Genesis 33:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/33/2) — And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
- [Genesis 33:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/33/7) — And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
- [Genesis 34:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/1) — And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- [Genesis 35:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/23) — The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- [Genesis 35:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/26) — And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
- [Genesis 46:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/46/15) — These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters wer…
- [Genesis 46:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/46/18) — These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
- [Genesis 49:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/31) — There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
- [Ruth 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/11) — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house lik…