Beloved Leah

the long version

This book fleshes out the biblical narrative of Jacob and his two wives, Leah and Rachel. Given from the standpoint of Leah, the unloved wife, the story dramatises her sorrow, her love for Jacob, her devotion to the God of Jacob, and yes, her envy of her beautiful, bright and lively younger sister Rachel, who basks in her husband's love as Leah can never hope to do. A beautifully written fictional account of the major events in the story of Genesis from time of Jacob's arrival in Haran to the time of Leah's death.