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25 articles found for “Leah”

• Dan (Son of Jacob)

  [People]

  Dan was a son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, and the ancestor of the tribe of Dan, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. His name is understood to mean "to judge" or "to vindicate."

• Hebron

  [Bible]

  Hebron is an ancient city in the hill country of Judah. Abraham lived there, and it is the site of the cave of Machpelah, where the patriarchs were buried. It is also where David first became king.

• Ephrath

  [Bible]

  Ephrath (Ephratah) is an ancient name for Bethlehem of Judah or its surrounding region. Scripture mentions it as the burial place of Rachel and the hometown of David's family, and the Book of Micah names it as the place from which a ruler would come forth.

• Genesis 34

  [Bible]

  Genesis 34 records how, after Shechem violated Jacob's daughter Dinah, Simeon and Levi used a deceitful demand for circumcision to kill the men of the city of Shechem, after which their brothers plundered the city.

• Ishuah

  [People]

  Ishuah was a son of Asher and a grandson of Jacob. He is an Old Testament figure who appears by name only, in the list of Jacob's family who went down to Egypt (Genesis 46) and in the genealogy of the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7).