(Gen. 34:1:) NOW LEAH'S DAUGHTER DINAH… WENT OUT. R. Hiyya bar Abba said: The male is always attributed to the wife, and the female, to the husband.⁵⁷. (Buber), Lev. 4:4; Tanh., Lev. 4:3. Then why is this daughter attributed to her mother? Because her pregnancy was originally male. However, when Leah had borne six sons , Billah, two, and Zilpah, two, for a total of ten; then she prayed on behalf of the barren Rachel, and the child in her womb became female.⁵⁸. 60a; Gen. R. 72:6. Ber. 60a explains that Jacob could have no more than twelve sons and that, therefore, if Leah’s seventh child were a son, there would only be one son left for Rachel to have. Then Rachel would not even be equal to one of the handmaidens. For that reason, she was attributed to her mother. (Gen. 34:1:) NOW LEAH'S DAUGHTER DINAH … WENT OUT.

footnotes: ⁵⁷ See Tanh ⁵⁸ See above, 7:19; Ber