{"id":3384,"date":"2024-05-24T19:14:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/leah-biblical-significance\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:02:43","slug":"leah-biblical-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/leah-biblical-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"Lea in de Bijbel: Jakobs eerste vrouw, en wat haar naam betekent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Leah was Jacob&#039;s first wife, given to him by her father&#039;s trick in place of her younger sister, Rachel. Her Hebrew name, Le&#039;ah, is usually explained as &quot;weary&quot; or as &quot;wild cow&quot;; Genesis itself never says what it means. She bore six of Jacob&#039;s twelve sons, Levi and Judah among them, and a daughter, Dinah. Hers is the story of a woman loved less, and Genesis does not soften it. It also says that the LORD saw her. The son\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leah was Jacob&#039;s first wife, mother of Levi and Judah. Her name is usually explained as &quot;weary&quot; or &quot;wild cow.&quot; Her story, her children and her sister Rachel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11598,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/rachel-in-bible-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":3384,"position":0},"title":"Is Rachel in the Bible? 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