Leah: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Lia
Notable Family Members	spouse Jacob • sister Rachel

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Jacob Returning to Canaan with Rachael and Leah Pursued by Laban

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Painting by Claes Moeyaert showing Jacob meeting Rachel near a well, with figures, goats, and sheep in a pastoral landscape.

Rachel

biblical figure

Edward John Poynter: The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon

Queen of Sheba

queen of Sabaʾ

Gustave Doré: The Death of Jezebel

Jezebel

queen of Israel

József Molnár: The March of Abraham

Abraham

Hebrew patriarch

Jacob

Jacob

Hebrew patriarch

Carlo Maratta: Bathsheba at the Bath

Bathsheba

biblical figure

Sarah offering Hagar to Abraham

Sarah

biblical figure

Rebekah and Eliezer at the Well

Rebekah

biblical figure

Joseph, his many-colored coat, and his jealous brothers

Joseph

biblical figure

Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph

Deborah

biblical figure

Jonah and the Whale

Jonah

biblical figure

Amos

Amos

Hebrew prophet

Samson and Delilah

Delilah

biblical figure

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Hagar

biblical figure

Benjamin West: Hagar and Ishmael

Ishmael

son of Abraham

Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.

Isaac

Hebrew patriarch

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Dinah

biblical figure

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Abigail

biblical figure

The Reconciliation Between Jacob and Esau

Esau

biblical figure

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Zephaniah

Hebrew prophet