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Leah

The third of the Jewish matriarchs, Lead is the eldest of Lavan’s daughters and one of the wives of Jacob. She is the daughter whom Lavan tricks Jacob into marrying instead of his younger daughter Rachel, whom Jacob has requested to marry. Leah is mother to six of the the twelve tribes and to one daughter, Dinah.

Synonyms: Lea

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