Leah's Swift Births and Why Dinah Was Named for Judgment

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 125:6

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In seven months Leah bore her children, and within seven years eleven sons and one daughter were born to Jacob. And all of them were born, and their mates [destined spouses] were born with them, except for Joseph, whose mate was not born with him, for Asenath the daughter of Dinah was fitting to be his wife; and except for Dinah, whose mate was not born with her. He [Jacob] said, "This girl is judgment and justice [din u-mishpat]," and therefore he called her name Dinah.

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MatriarchsProvidenceWomen

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