Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. New Living Translation Soon Zilpah presented him with a son. English Standard Version Then Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Berean Standard Bible And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. King James Bible And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. New King James Version And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. New American Standard Bible And Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. NASB 1995 Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. NASB 1977 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Legacy Standard Bible And Leah’s servant-woman Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Amplified Bible Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave birth to a son for Jacob. Christian Standard Bible Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Holman Christian Standard Bible Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. American Standard Version And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. Contemporary English Version and they had a son. English Revised Version And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. GOD'S WORD® Translation Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to a son for Jacob. Good News Translation Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son. International Standard Version Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob, Majority Standard Bible And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. NET Bible Soon Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son. New Heart English Bible Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son. Webster's Bible Translation And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son. World English Bible Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a son to Jacob, Young's Literal Translation and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son, Smith's Literal Translation And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear to Jacob a son. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when she had conceived and brought forth a son, Catholic Public Domain Version And she, after having borne a son with difficulty, New American Bible So Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore a son for Jacob. New Revised Standard Version Then Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Zelpha the Handmaid of Leah bore to Yaquuv a son. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Gad and Asher9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. 10And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.… Cross References Genesis 16:1-4 Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. / So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. / So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife. ... Genesis 29:24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant. Genesis 35:22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons: Genesis 49:3-4 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. / Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it. Exodus 21:7-11 And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do. / If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her. / And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter. ... 1 Samuel 1:1-2 Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. / He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. 1 Samuel 1:10-11 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. / And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.” 2 Samuel 5:13 After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. 1 Chronicles 7:13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah. 1 Chronicles 2:46-48 Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. / The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. / Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. Matthew 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Matthew 1:20-21 But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. / She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” Luke 3:34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, John 4:5-6 So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. / Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. Treasury of Scripture And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son. Jump to Previous Bare Beareth Birth Bore Handmaid Jacob Leah's Maid Maidservant Maid-Servant Servant ZilpahJump to Next Bare Beareth Birth Bore Handmaid Jacob Leah's Maid Maidservant Maid-Servant Servant ZilpahGenesis 30 1. Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.5. Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali. 9. Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher. 14. Reuben finds mandrakes, 15. with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel. 17. Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. 22. Rachel bears Joseph. 25. Jacob desires to depart. 27. Laban detains him on a new agreement. 37. Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich. And Leah’s servant Zilpah The mention of "Leah’s servant Zilpah" introduces us to a significant cultural practice of the time. In the ancient Near Eastern context, it was customary for a wife to give her maidservant to her husband as a surrogate if she herself was unable to bear children. This practice is documented in various ancient texts and reflects the societal importance placed on lineage and inheritance. Zilpah, whose name may mean "dropping" or "trickling," was given to Leah by her father Laban as a maidservant. Her role in the narrative highlights the complex family dynamics and the lengths to which the matriarchs went to secure their family’s future. bore Jacob a son Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And Leah’sלֵאָ֖ה (lê·’āh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3812: Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacob servant שִׁפְחַ֥ת (šip̄·ḥaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant Zilpah זִלְפָּ֛ה (zil·pāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2153: Zilpah -- one of Jacob's wives bore וַתֵּ֗לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage Jacob לְיַעֲקֹ֥ב (lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc a son. בֵּֽן׃ (bên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son Links Genesis 30:10 NIVGenesis 30:10 NLT Genesis 30:10 ESV Genesis 30:10 NASB Genesis 30:10 KJV Genesis 30:10 BibleApps.com Genesis 30:10 Biblia Paralela Genesis 30:10 Chinese Bible Genesis 30:10 French Bible Genesis 30:10 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 30:10 Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son (Gen. 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