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Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son Reuben . She has three more sons, namely Simeon , Levi and Judah , but does not bear another son until Rachel offers her a night with Jacob in exchange for some mandrake root ( דודאים , dûdâ'îm ).
Rachel and Jacob at the Well by James Tissot (c. 1896–1902) Rachel is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 29 when Jacob happens upon her as she is about to water her father's flock. She was the second daughter of Laban, Rebekah's brother, making Jacob her first cousin. [2] Jacob had traveled a great distance to find Laban.
When Rachel died, Jacob moved Bilhah's bed into his tent, who had been mentored by Rachel, to retain a closeness to his favourite wife. However, Reuben, Leah's eldest, felt that this move slighted his mother, who was also a primary wife, and so he moved his mother's bed into Jacob's tent and removed or overturned Bilhah's.
Jacob, [a] later given the name Israel, [b] is a patriarch regarded as the forefather of the Israelites, ... After Isaac sent Jacob away to find a wife, ...
Jacob, 24, announced on December 6 that his wife had welcomed their infant. “My wife is a superhero my son is an angel and all nurses are saints goodnight,” the Little People, Big World alum ...
Rebekah, the wife of Isaac; Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob; Secondary matriarchs: Some Jewish sources list Bilhah and Zilpah (Jacob's concubines) as additional matriarchs, for a total of six matriarchs. [10] [11] Other sources also include an emphasis on Tamar (the daughter-in-law of Judah) and Asenath (Osnat) (the wife of Joseph). [12]
Jacob Roloff’s wife, 26, captioned a Thursday, March 17, Instagram Story selfie. “Documenting it for myself mostly but to normalize that I still have a little bump and it’s totally OK.
Mayci and Jacob Neely have been married since 2018 and share a daughter named Harlow, who was born in 2021. Mayci also has a son named Hudson from her former relationship with partner Arik, who ...