BIBLE NAMES REVEALED | LEAH

1. Bible Names Revealed

a) The Bible is an historic record of real people and places. Learn who's who, their relationships, and the meaning of their names.

2. Leah

a) Meaning: weary.

b)  The eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Genesis 29:16).

c) Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Genesis 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 (Genesis 31), and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (49:31).