Genesis 30:9 KJV

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

Matthew Henry

  • A further account of Jacob's familyRachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves....

Cross References

  • Genesis 30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
  • Genesis 16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
  • Genesis 29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
  • Genesis 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

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Topics

  • Emulation In Jacob’s household
  • Family Of Jacob, the bigamic jealousy between Leah and Rachel
  • Jacob Descendants of Jacob
  • Leah Children of Leah
  • Polygamy In Jacob’s family

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • LeahWeary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen 29:23)....
  • ZilpahDrooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen 30:9–13).
  • JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • When Leah לֵאָה lēʾâ לֵאָה Proper name
  • saw וַתֵּרֶא wattēreʾ רָאָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • that she had left כִּי kî Conjunction עָמְדָה ʿāmĕdâ עָמַד Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
  • bearing מִלֶּדֶת milledet יָלַד Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • she took וַתִּקַּח wattiqqaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • Zilpah אֶת ʾet Object marker זִלְפָּה zilpâ זִלְפָּה Proper name
  • her maid שִׁפְחָתָהּ šipḥātāh שִׁפְחָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • and gave וַתִּתֵּן wattittēn נָתַן Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • her Jacob אֹתָהּ ʾōtāh Object marker · with suffix: third person feminine singular לְיַעֲקֹב lĕyaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name · with preposition
  • to wife לְאִשָּׁה lĕʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition

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