First name Leah in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Leah is the name of the daughter of Laban (GEN 29:16) and wife of Jacob (GEN 29:23). Meaning of the name: weary; tired. Related names are: Jacob, Rachel, Zilpah . The translations of Leah in 49 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the below, from Lea in Spanish to Lea in Oromo!

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And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. (GEN 29:16)

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. (GEN 29:17)

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. (GEN 29:23)

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. (GEN 29:24)

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 with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? (GEN 29:25)

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. (GEN 29:30)

And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. (GEN 29:31)

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 therefore my husband will love me. (GEN 29:32)

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. (GEN 30:9)

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. (GEN 30:10)

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. (GEN 30:11)

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. (GEN 30:12)

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. (GEN 30:13)

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 Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. (GEN 30:14)

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 thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. (GEN 30:16)

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. (GEN 30:17)

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. (GEN 30:18)

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. (GEN 30:19)

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 his name Zebulun. (GEN 30:20)

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, (GEN 31:4)

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? (GEN 31:14)

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 Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. (GEN 31:33)

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 unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. (GEN 33:1)

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. (GEN 33:2)

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. (GEN 33:7)

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. (GEN 34:1)

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (GEN 35:23)

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. (GEN 35:26)

First name Leah in the world's Bibles

Popularity of the name Leah in its translations around the world

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