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Answer by Dov for Is it all Leah's doing?

Yes it's explicit in a midrash in Bereishis Rabbah 70:16:

וְהָיְתָהבּוֹכָהוְאוֹמֶרֶתיְהִירָצוֹןשֶׁלֹאאֶפֹּלבְּגוֹרָלוֹשֶׁלרָשָׁע. אָמַררַבהוּנָאקָשָׁההִיאהַתְּפִלָּהשֶׁבִּטְלָהאֶתהַגְּזֵרָה, וְלֹאעוֹדאֶלָּאשֶׁקָּדְמָהלַאֲחוֹתָה

She would weep and say: ‘May it be His will that I will not fall to the lot of that wicked man.’ Rav Huna said: Prayer is powerful, as it nullified the decree. Moreover, she preceded her sister.


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