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Leah , in the Bible, Laban's elder, less beautiful daughter and Jacob's first wife.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Â© The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Leah in the Bible, the eldest daughter of Laban and sister of Rachel, who by a trick became the first wife of Jacob.

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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Â© A Dictionary of the Bible 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Leah The elder daughter of Laban, who contrived by a ruse to make her Jacob's first wife; she bore six sons and a daughter (Gen. 29: 21 ff.) and was buried at Machpelah (Gen. 49: 31).

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