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 gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her maid.
When Leah realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah. They had a son. read more. Leah said: How fortunate. She called him Gad. Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob. Leah said: I am happy, for women will call me blessed. 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 realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah. They had a son. read more. Leah said: How fortunate. She called him Gad. Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob. Leah said: I am happy, for women will call me blessed. 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 gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her maid.
When Leah realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah. They had a son. read more. Leah said: How fortunate. She called him Gad. Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob. Leah said: I am happy, for women will call me blessed. So she named him Asher.
The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons, who were born in Paddan-aram.
This is the story of Jacob and his descendants. Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing.
These were the descendants of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She gave birth to these children for Jacob. The total was sixteen.
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 gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her maid.
When Leah realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah. They had a son. read more. Leah said: How fortunate. She called him Gad. Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob. Leah said: I am happy, for women will call me blessed. So she named him Asher.
The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons, who were born in Paddan-aram.
Jacob (Israel) loved Joseph more than all his sons because Joseph had been born in Israel's old age. So he made Joseph a special multicolored robe with long sleeves.
The sons of Gad were 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 gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her maid.
When Leah realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah. They had a son. read more. Leah said: How fortunate. She called him Gad. Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob.
The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons, who were born in Paddan-aram.
This is the story of Jacob and his descendants. Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing.
These were the descendants of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She gave birth to these children for Jacob. The total was sixteen.
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 gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her maid.
When Leah realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah. They had a son. read more. Leah said: How fortunate. She called him Gad. Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob. Leah said: I am happy, for women will call me blessed. So she named him Asher.
The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons, who were born in Paddan-aram.
This is the story of Jacob and his descendants. Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing.
These were the descendants of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She gave birth to these children for Jacob. The total was sixteen.