Leah Prays Her Unborn Son Become Dinah So Rachel Is Not Shamed

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 30:21

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"And afterward she bore a daughter" (Genesis 30:21). Leah was fit to bear seven sons. She said: "Twelve tribes are destined to come forth from Jacob, and I have already borne six, and the two maidservants four — behold, ten. And if I still bear the seventh, it will turn out that my sister will not be even like one of the maidservants." She prayed for mercy that the fetus in her womb be turned into a daughter, and the Holy One, blessed be He, consented and did according to her words. Therefore it is written, "And afterward she bore a daughter" — that the son was turned into a daughter.

Themes

MatriarchsWomenZebulunPrayerTribes

Biblical References

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