Reference: Zilpah
American
The maid of Leah, who became the secondary wife of Jacob, and the mother of Gad and Asher, Ge 29:24; 30:9-13.
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Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant.
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob, read more. and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. Later, Leah's servant Zilpah bore a second son for Jacob. She said, "How happy I am, because women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
Easton
drooping, Leah's handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Ge 30:9-13).
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When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob, read more. and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. Later, Leah's servant Zilpah bore a second son for Jacob. She said, "How happy I am, because women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
Fausets
Leah's handmaid, given by Laban (Ge 29:24) and by Leah to Jacob, who by her begat Gad and Asher (Ge 30:9-13; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18).
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Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant.
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob, read more. and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. Later, Leah's servant Zilpah bore a second son for Jacob. She said, "How happy I am, because women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
Leah's servant Zilpah's sons were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons who were born to him while he lived in Paddan-aram.
This is a record of Jacob's descendants.
These were all sons from Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah. She bore these sixteen children for Jacob.
Hastings
A slave-girl given to Leah by Lahan, Ge 29:24 (Priestly Narrative), and by her to Jacob as a concubine, Ge 30:9 (Jahwist); the mother of Gad and Asher, Ge 30:10-13 (Jahwist), Ge 35:26; 37:3; 46:16 (all Priestly Narrative). Cf. art. Tribes of Israel.
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Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant.
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob, read more. and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. Later, Leah's servant Zilpah bore a second son for Jacob. She said, "How happy I am, because women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
Leah's servant Zilpah's sons were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons who were born to him while he lived in Paddan-aram.
When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was helping his brothers tend their flocks. He was a young man at that time, as were the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. But Joseph would come back and tell his father that his brothers were doing bad things. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his brothers, since he was born to him in his old age, so he had made a richly-embroidered tunic for him.
Also included were Gad's sons Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli;
Morish
Zil'pah
Handmaid of Leah, by whom Jacob became father of Gad and Asher. Ge 29:24; 30:9-12; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18.
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Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant.
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob, read more. and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. Later, Leah's servant Zilpah bore a second son for Jacob.
Leah's servant Zilpah's sons were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons who were born to him while he lived in Paddan-aram.
This is a record of Jacob's descendants.
These were all sons from Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah. She bore these sixteen children for Jacob.
Smith
Zil'pah
(a trickling), a Syrian given by Laban to his daughter Leah as an attendant,
and by Leah to Jacob as a concubine. She was the mother of Gad and Asher.
Ge 30:9-13; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18
(B.C. 1753.)
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Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant.
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob, read more. and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. Later, Leah's servant Zilpah bore a second son for Jacob. She said, "How happy I am, because women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
Leah's servant Zilpah's sons were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons who were born to him while he lived in Paddan-aram.
This is a record of Jacob's descendants.
These were all sons from Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah. She bore these sixteen children for Jacob.