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Genesis 30:9

IsraelLeahZilpah

7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

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.

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BSB
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
KJV
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
WEB
When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
ASV
When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
DARBY
And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.
BLB
And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her maidservant, and gave her to Jacob for a wife.
ÅB
Da Lea så at hun ikke fikk flere barn, tok hun sin slavekvinne Silpa og gav Jakob til hustru.
OTB
Da Lea så at hun ikke lenger fødte barn, tok hun sin tjenestepike Silpa og ga henne til Jakob som en kone.
B1930
Da Lea så at hun ikke fikk flere barn, tok hun sin trælkvinne Silpa og gav Jakob til hustru.

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  • Genesis 30:4

    And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

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  • Genesis 29:35

    And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

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  • Genesis 30:17

    And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

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  • Genesis 16:3

    And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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