Genesis 30:12
10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
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.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
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
- When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
- KJV
- And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- WEB
- Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.
- ASV
- And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a second son.
- DARBY
- And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.
- BLB
- And Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah, bore a second son to Jacob.
- ÅB
- Og Silpa, Leas slavekvinne, fødte Jakob enda en sønn.
- OTB
- Leas tjenestepike Silpa ga Jakob en annen sønn.
- B1930
- Og Silpa, Leas trælkvinne, fødte Jakob ennu en sønn.