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Zilpah

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: Z By: George A. Morrish

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Handmaid of Leah, by whom Jacob became father of Gad and Asher (Gen. 29:24²⁴And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. (Genesis 29:24); Gen. 30:9-12⁹When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. ¹⁰And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. ¹¹And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. ¹²And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. (Genesis 30:9‑12); Gen. 35:26²⁶And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. (Genesis 35:26); Gen. 37:2²These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. (Genesis 37:2); Gen. 46:18¹⁸These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. (Genesis 46:18)).

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