People of the Bible

Leah

Family

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.

Birth of Reuben · 1757 BC
Birth of Simeon · 1756 BC
Birth of Levi · 1755 BC
Birth of Judah · 1754 BC
Birth of Issachar · 1751 BC
Birth of Zebulon · 1750 BC
Birth of Dinah · 1749 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-35), also one daughter, Dinah (30:21). She accompanied Jacob into Canaan, and died there before the time of the going down into Egypt (Gen. 31), and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (49:31).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 32 verses

Genesis: 29:16, 29:17, 29:23, 29:24, 29:25, 29:30, 29:31, 29:32, 30:9, 30:10, 30:11, 30:12, 30:13, 30:14, 30:16, 30:17, 30:18, 30:19, 30:20, 31:4, 31:14, 31:33, 33:1, 33:2, 33:7, 34:1, 35:23, 35:26, 46:15, 46:18, 49:31
Ruth: 4:11

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.