<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> 1 . Reuben 2 . Simeon 3 . Levi 4 . Judah 9 . Issachar 10 . Zebulun Dinah (daughter) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> 7 . Gad 8 . Asher </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> 5 . Dan 6 . Naphtali </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> 11 . Joseph 12 . Benjamin </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <P> According to this tree, Leah's husband Jacob is her first cousin (through their mutual grandfather Bethuel). They are also second cousins once removed (Jacob's great - grandfather through Abraham, Terah, is Leah's great - great grandfather through Nahor); and again second cousins once removed (Jacob's great - grandfather through Sarah, Terah, is Leah's great - great - grandfather through Nahor). Finally, they are second cousins twice removed (Jacob's great - grandfather through Abraham, Terah, is Leah's great - great - great - grandfather through Milcah); and again second cousins twice removed (Jacob's great - grandfather through Sarah, Terah, is Leah's great - great - great - grandfather through Milcah). </P> <P> In medieval Christian symbolism, Rachel was taken as a symbol of the contemplative (monastic) Christian life, and Leah as a symbol of the active (non-monastic) life . Dante Alighieri's Purgatorio includes a dream of Rachel and Leah, which inspired illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others: </P> <P> "...in my dream, I seemed to see a woman both young and fair; along a plain she gathered flowers, and even as she sang, she said: Whoever asks my name, know that I'm Leah, and I apply my lovely hands to fashion a garland of the flowers I have gathered ." </P>

What does the name leah mean in the bible