Atlas Biblica

    person

    Leah

    לֵאָה

    Leah, the first wife of Jacob and mother of six of his sons and his daughter Dinah.

    verses
    32
    first named
    Genesis 29:16
    last named
    Ruth 4:11
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Early Patriarch

    Description

    Who was Leah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Leah was the elder daughter of Laban, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's mother (Gen.29.16). Israel (or 'Jacob') agreed to work for Laban for seven years to marry Rachel, Leah's younger sister (Gen.29.18). However, Laban deceived Jacob and gave him Leah instead, requiring him to work another seven years for Rachel (Gen.29.23-28). Leah bore Jacob six sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, as well as a daughter, Dinah (Gen.29.32-35; 30.17-21). Despite being the less favored wife, Leah hoped to gain Jacob's affection through childbearing (Gen.29.32). Leah accompanied Jacob when he left Laban's household and reconciled with his brother Esau (Gen.31.4,14; 33.1-2,7). She is last mentioned as being buried with Jacob in the cave of Machpelah (Gen.49.31). Leah's sons became the ancestors of six of the twelve tribes of Israel (Gen.35.23; 46.15; 49.1-28).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Leah10 of 18 entities the graph connects to Leah, in 2 groups: kinship 6, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.IsraelSpouse of · 17 events · 2,578 versesJudahMother of · 2 events · 1,023 versesLeviMother of · 1 event · 329 versesReubenMother of · 2 events · 86 versesZebulunMother of · 48 versesLabanChild of · 4 events · 46 versesKinshipJoseph1 event · 197 versesGoing Out1 event · 115 versesChildren1 event · 81 versesGad1 event · 71 versesEventsLeah

    The 10 best-attested of 18 are drawn. All 18 are listed below.

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    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 6 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Leah happensThe one place the claims about Leah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Canaan. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Leah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Canaan
    the PatriarchsThe one place the claims about Leah reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 32, across 2 books. The name is written 34 times in them.

    1. Genesis31 verses

      29:1629:1729:2329:2429:2529:3029:3129:3230:930:1030:1130:1230:1330:1430:1630:1730:1830:1930:2031:431:1431:3333:133:233:734:135:2335:2646:1546:1849:31

    2. Ruth1 verse

      4:11

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Two Maidservants and Israel’s division of Jacob Children, Two Maidservants, and Maidservant Children and Israel, and 8 moreJosephSon of Jacob, ruler in Egyptvia Israel and Dinah, and 7 moreBenjaminYoungest son of Jacob and Rachelvia Israel and Dinah, and 6 moreAsherSon of Jacob and Zilpah, founder of the tribe of Ashervia Israel and Dinah, and 6 moreDanFifth son of Jacob, founder of Israelite tribevia Israel and Dinah, and 6 moreGadIsraelite tribe; descended from Gad, son of Jacob.via Israel and Dinah, and 6 moreNaphtaliSon of Jacob, founder of the tribe of Naphtali.via Issachar and Judah, and 4 moreTribal SealingTribal Sealing is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 12 pageable entities.via Israel and Issachar, and 2 moreMoses and Issachar’s blessing of Israel, Substance, Work, Benjamin, and Joseph LandMoses and Issachar’s blessing of Israel, Substance, Work, Benjamin, and Joseph Land is an event attested across 12 verses, connecting 11 pageable entities.via Israel and Laban, and 1 moreIsrael’s serving of LabanIsrael’s serving of Laban is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

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