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Zilpah זִלְפָּה
Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob two sons, Gad and Asher.
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Where Zilpah appears
Genesis (7)
Key verses
- Genesis 29:24 first mention — And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Genesis 30:10 — And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12 — And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 35:26 — And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
- Genesis 37:2 — 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 46:18 — These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.