Nobody knows why, many people say he grew fond of her and grew to love her more than Rachel. However that is a theory.
Laban tricked Jacob into marrying Leah by giving her to Jacob instead of Rachel on their wedding night, as Jacob had intended. Laban did this by having Leah wear a veil and keeping her identity hidden until the morning, when it was revealed to Jacob that he had married Leah instead of Rachel.
In the Old Testament, Jacob's wives are Leah and Rachel. He also had two additional wives, Bilhah and Zilpah, who were handmaids of Leah and Rachel.
Yes Jacob had two wives, Leah and Rachel, but he committed adultery with both their maid servants.
The mother of Joseph, son of Jacob, was Rachel. He was her first-born son.
Jacob's final request before he died, was to be buried in the cave in the field of Machpelah, in the land of Canaan, which his bought by his grandfather Abraham. He wanted to be buried there because his family was buried there. His grandfather Abraham and Sarah his grandmother, his father Isaac and his mother Rebekkah, and his wife (Jacob's) Leah.
Jacob could not marry any of the mortals in the land, but was told to marry a cousin. Jacob's uncle Labon and his two cousins, Leah and Rachel, lived in the city of Haran. Journeying there, Jacob met and fell in love with Rachel. His uncle, Labon, promised to let Jacob marry her if he worked for him for seven years. When the seven years were up, Labon tricked Jacob into marrying Rachel's older sister, Leah, instead.
Laban tricked Jacob into marrying Leah by giving her to Jacob instead of Rachel on their wedding night, as Jacob had intended. Laban did this by having Leah wear a veil and keeping her identity hidden until the morning, when it was revealed to Jacob that he had married Leah instead of Rachel.
Jacob's wives were Leah and Rachel. He also had two additional wives, Bilhah and Zilpah, who were handmaids of Leah and Rachel.
In the Old testament Jacobs uncle was Laban (don't know the spelling) and he tricked him by making him marry Leah not Rachel.
In the Old Testament, Jacob's wives are Leah and Rachel. He also had two additional wives, Bilhah and Zilpah, who were handmaids of Leah and Rachel.
In the Bible, Jacob had two wives: Leah and Rachel. Leah bore him six sons, while Rachel had two sons. Rachel died giving birth to their second son, Benjamin. Leah's fate is not specifically mentioned after Jacob's death.
Jacob asked Laban for permission to marry his daughters, Leah and Rachel, in Genesis. He first worked for Laban for seven years to marry Rachel, but was tricked into marrying Leah instead. He then worked another seven years to marry Rachel as well.
His uncle, Laban. Jacob wished to marry Rachel and agreed to work for Laban seven years. Laban used a veil to pull 'a fast one', and gave him the older sister, Leah, instead. Jacob had to work ANOTHER seven years to get Rachel as well.
King Laban was a figure in the Bible who was the father of Rachel and Leah, who became wives of Jacob. Laban played a significant role in the biblical narrative by tricking Jacob into marrying Leah instead of Rachel, leading to a complex family dynamic and eventual departure of Jacob and his family.
Leah was the sister of Rachel and daughter of Laban whose grandfather, Nahor was Abraham's brother. Leah and Rachel married Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham. Leah's aunty, Rebekah was Jacob's mother. Leah became Jacob's wife in deceptive circumstances when after working seven years for the hand of Rachel whom Jacob loved, Laban passed a veiled Leah off as Rachel. The swindle was not discovered until after the marriage. Leah had seven children to Jacob, six boys and one girl named Dinah. Her six sons she named: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun. Rachel had two sons which she called Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel died when Benjamin was born and was buried in her own tomb at Bethlehem. Both Leah and Rachel gave their personal hand-maidens to Jacob to wife. Bilhah and Zilpah had two sons each which were called Dan and Naphtali(Bilhah) and, Gad and Asher(Zilpah). These were to represent the twelve tribes of Israel until the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh were incorporated into the twelve and the tribe of Levi became the body of the Priesthood of Israel and their inheritance was in the Lord. Leah died and was buried with Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah in the cave of Machpelah which Abraham purchased from the son of Zohar, the Hittite.>
Leah Rachel in 2007 film
Jacob worked a total of 14 years for his wives, Leah and Rachel. He initially worked seven years to marry Rachel, but was deceived into marrying Leah first. After marrying Leah, he then worked another seven years to marry Rachel, the woman he loved.