Genesis 30:10
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
- KJV
- And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- WEB
- Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.
- ASV
- And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a son.
- DARBY
- And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.
- BLB
- And Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah, bore to Jacob a son.
- ÅB
- Og Silpa, Leas slavekvinne, fødte Jakob en sønn.
- OTB
- Og Leas tjenestepike Silpa fødte en sønn for Jakob.
- B1930
- Og Silpa, Leas trælkvinne, fødte Jakob en sønn.