Leah

You are blessed, oh Lord our God and God of our ancestors, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob, God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Rachel and God of Leah.

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem. Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman."

Jonah and Leah live in a beautiful, straw-bale, timber-framed home that they built from hand.

The Levites' namesake was one of the sons of Jacob and Leah.

"Hannah!" "Leah!" "As I live and breathe! You're back!" "I am!" "How the devil are you?" "All the better for seeing you. Have you got time for a pint? Bit of a catch-up?"

He does everything for Leah.

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured.

"I'm Leah Brennan. How can I help you...Gideon?" He gave a short laugh. "Leah! Nice name. Between the two of us, we sound like the Old Testament, don't we?"