Leah

Now Lavan had two daughters; the name of the older was Le'ah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Le'ah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was good-looking, with beautiful features.

In the evening he took Le'ah his daughter and brought her to Ya'akov, and he went in and slept with her.

Lavan also gave his slave-girl Zilpah to his daughter Le'ah as her slave-girl.

In the morning Ya'akov saw that he was with Le'ah, and he said to Lavan, "What kind of thing is this that you've done to me? Didn't I work for you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?"

So not only did Ya'akov go in and sleep with Rachel, but he also loved Rachel more than Le'ah. Then he served Lavan another seven years.

ADONAI saw that Le'ah was unloved, so he made her fertile, while Rachel remained childless.

Le'ah conceived and gave birth to a son, whom she named Re'uven [see, a son!], for she said, "It is because ADONAI has seen how humiliated I have been, but now my husband will love me."

When Le'ah saw that she had stopped having children, she took Zilpah her slave-girl and gave her to Ya'akov as his wife.

Zilpah Le'ah's slave-girl bore Ya'akov a son;

and Le'ah said, "Good fortune has come," calling him Gad [good fortune].

Zilpah Le'ah's slave-girl bore Ya'akov a second son;

and Le'ah said, "How happy I am! Women will say I am happy!" and called him Asher [happy].

During the wheat harvest season Re'uven went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Le'ah. Rachel said to Le'ah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes [so that I can be fertile]."

When Ya'akov came in from the field in the evening, Le'ah went out to meet him and said, "You have to come and sleep with me, because I've hired you with my son's mandrakes." So Ya'akov slept with her that night.

God listened to Le'ah, and she conceived and bore Ya'akov a fifth son.

Le'ah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my slave-girl to my husband." So she called him Yissakhar [hire, reward].

Le'ah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Ya'akov.

Le'ah said, "God has given me a wonderful gift. Now at last my husband will live with me, since I have borne him six sons."And she called him Z'vulun [living together].

So Ya'akov sent for Rachel and Le'ah and had them come to the field where his flock was.

Rachel and Le'ah answered him, "We no longer have any inheritance from our father's possessions;

Lavan went into Ya'akov's tent, then into Le'ah's tent and into the tent of the two slave-girls; but he did not find them. He left Le'ah's tent and entered Rachel's tent.

Ya'akov raised his eyes and looked out; and there was 'Esav coming, and four hundred men with him. So Ya'akov divided the children between Le'ah, Rachel and the two slave-girls,

putting the slave-girls and their children first, Le'ah and her children second, and Rachel and Yosef last.

Le'ah too and her children approached and prostrated themselves; and last came Yosef and Rachel; and they prostrated themselves.