Verse 16

Now Laban had two daughters: The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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  • Gen 49:31 : 31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.'
  • Gen 29:17 : 17 Leah had tender eyes, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.
  • Gen 29:25-32 : 25 In the morning, Jacob saw it was Leah. So he said to Laban, 'What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?' 26 Laban replied, 'It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter before the older one.' 27 'Complete this week’s celebration with Leah, and we will give you Rachel also, in return for another seven years of work.' 28 Jacob did so and completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 29 Laban also gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant. 30 Jacob was also with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years. 31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren. 32 Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, 'Because the LORD has seen my misery, surely now my husband will love me.'
  • Gen 30:19 : 19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
  • Gen 31:4 : 4 So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flock was.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
  • Gen 35:23 : 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with his daughter Dinah. Altogether, the number of Leah's descendants, including sons and daughters, was thirty-three.