And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
Parallel translations
- WEB Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.
- KJV And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- NKJV And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.
- NASB Laban also gave his female slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a slave.
- NLT (Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)
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Laban gives his servant Zilpah to Leah as her maid.
Overview
The gift of a maidservant was customary provision for a bride entering marriage. Zilpah's introduction here matters because she will later bear sons who become tribal fathers of Israel. The detail quietly advances the building of Jacob's large family.
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Cross-references · 4
- Gen 30:9–12When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Gen 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Gen 46:18These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
- Gen 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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