Genesis 35:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֛ה שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה גָּ֣ד וְאָשֵׁ֑ר אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֻלַּד־ל֖וֹ בְּפַדַּ֥ן אֲרָֽם׃

Transliteration

And ûbȇnê zilpâ šifḥat lēʾâ, gād and wȇʾāšēr. These [are] ʾēlleh bȇnê yaʿăqōb who ʾăšer yullad-lô in bȇpaddan ʾărām.

Grammar Details

*ûbȇnê*: waw consecutive + masculine plural construct noun - and sons of
*zilpâ*: proper noun - Zilpah
*šifḥat*: feminine singular construct noun - maidservant of
*lēʾâ*: proper noun - Leah
*gād*: proper noun - Gad
*wȇʾāšēr*: waw consecutive + proper noun - and Asher
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun - these
*bȇnê*: masculine plural construct noun - sons of
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which
*yullad-lô*: pual perfect 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - were born to him
*bȇpaddan*: preposition + proper noun - in Paddan
*ʾărām*: proper noun - Aram

Word Meanings

*ûbȇnê*: and sons of/and children of
*šifḥat*: maidservant of/handmaid of/servant of
*yullad-lô*: were born to him/were begotten to him
*paddan ʾărām*: Paddan-aram (geographic region)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:20 : 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
Gen 28:2 : 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Gen 30:9-9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
Gen 31:18 : 18 and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
Gen 35:18 : 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Gen 46:16-18 : 16 And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

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9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
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17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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