Zilpah
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Zilpah in the Bible Dictionary
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Leah’s handmaiden
Gen 29:24
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Genesis 29:24 -
Mother of Gad and Asher by Jacob
Gen 30:9–13; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis 30:926 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
Genesis 35:262 These 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 37:218 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 46:18
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
