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LEAH, Children of
Genesis 29:31-35
31. The LORD saw that LEAH was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
32. LEAH conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because the LORD has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."
33. She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.
34. She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi.
35. She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time will I praise The LORD." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
Genesis 30:9-21
9. When LEAH saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10. Zilpah, LEAH's servant, bore Jacob a son.
11. LEAH said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.
12. Zilpah, LEAH's servant, bore Jacob a second son.
13. LEAH said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.
14. Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, LEAH. Then Rachel said to LEAH, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
15. She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?"Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
16. Jacob came from the field in the evening, and LEAH went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes."He lay with her that night.
17. God listened to LEAH, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18. LEAH said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband." She named him Issachar.
19. LEAH conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20. LEAH said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
21. Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.