LEAH
“Fatigued.”
She was the eldest daughter of Laban; She was not as beautiful as Rachel, her younger sister, and she had “delicate eyes.” Leah was given to Jacob in marriage, in place of Rachel, for whom Jacob had served seven years.
Laban’s reason was that in his social environment the younger girl could not be given in marriage before the older girl.
Leah bore the following children to Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and also Dinah, the sister (Gen. 29:16-35; 30:17-21).
Upon her death she was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 49:31), the tomb also of Sarah, Abraham, Isaac and Rebekah, and later of Jacob (Gen. 23:19; 25: 9-10; 35 : 9; 50:13).