- was Leah:
- "Leahª [was] tenderª eyed;ª but Rachelª was¹ beautifulªª and wellª favoured.ª" {Gen 29:17} + "And it came to pass,¹ that in the morning,ª behold,¹ it¹ [was] Leah:ª and he saidª° to¹ Laban,ª What¹ [is] this¹ thou hast doneª° unto me? did not¹ I serveª° with¹ thee for Rachel?ª wherefore¹ then hast thou beguiledª° me? ... And Leahª conceived,ª° and bareª° a son,ª and she calledª° his nameª Reuben:ª forª she said,ª° Surelyª the LORDª hath lookedª° upon my affliction;ª now¹ thereforeª my husbandª will loveª° me." {Gen 29:25-32} + "And Leahª conceivedª° again,¹ and bareª° Jacobª the sixthª son.ª" {Gen 30:19} + "And Jacobª sentª° and calledª° Rachelª and Leahª to the fieldª unto¹ his flock,ª" {Gen 31:4} + "And he putª°¹ the handmaidsª and their childrenª foremost,ª and Leahª and her childrenª after,ª and Rachelª and Josephª hindermost.ª" {Gen 33:2} + "The sonsª of Leah;ª Reuben,ª Jacob'sª firstborn,ª and Simeon,ª and Levi,ª and Judah,ª and Issachar,ª and Zebulun:ª" {Gen 35:23} + "These¹ [be] the sonsª of Leah,ª which¹ she bareª° unto Jacobª in Padanaram,ª with¹ his daughterª Dinah:ª all¹ the soulsª of his sonsª and his daughtersª [were] thirtyª and three.ª" {Gen 46:15} + "There¹ they buriedª°¹ Abrahamª and Sarahª his wife;ª there¹ they buriedª°¹ Isaacª and Rebekahª his wife;ª and there¹ I buriedª°¹ Leah.ª" {Gen 49:31} + "And all¹ the peopleª that¹ [were] in the gate,ª and the elders,ª said,ª° [We are] witnesses.ª The LORDª makeª°¹ the womanª that is comeª° into¹ thine houseª like Rachelª and like Leah,ª which¹ twoª did buildª°¹ the houseª of Israel:ª and doª° thou worthilyª in Ephratah,ª and be famousªª° in Bethlehem:ª" {Rth 4:11}
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