Who was Leah?

Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17).

Leah first appears in Genesis 29:16. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 28 verse mentions across 2 books, most notably Genesis, Ruth.