Genesis 30:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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  • Gen 30:4 : 4 She gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob went into her.
  • Gen 30:17 : 17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
  • Gen 16:3 : 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.
  • Gen 29:35 : 35 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now I will praise the LORD; therefore she called his name Judah; and she stopped bearing.

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  • Gen 30:10-12
    3 verses
    89%

    10Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son.

    11Leah said, "A troop comes," and she named him Gad.

    12Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 29:23-25
    3 verses
    87%

    23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.

    24And Laban gave his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid as a handmaid.

    25And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?

  • Gen 30:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die."

    2Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

    3She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go into her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her."

    4She gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob went into her.

    5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:27-31
    5 verses
    80%

    27Fulfill her week, and we will give you the other one also for the service which you shall serve with me for seven more years.

    28And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife also.

    29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid as her maid.

    30And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him another seven years.

    31And when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 30:15-21
    7 verses
    79%

    15She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Would you also take away my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "Therefore, he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

    16Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come to me, for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night.

    17God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

    18Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I have given my maid to my husband." She named him Issachar.

    19Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

    20Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will dwell with me because I have born him six sons." She named him Zebulun.

    21Afterwards, she bore a daughter and named her Dinah.

  • Gen 30:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

    8Rachel said, "With great struggles have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

  • Gen 46:18
    76%

    18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.

  • Gen 29:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

    17Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

  • Gen 35:26
    72%

    26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padanaram.

  • Gen 29:34
    72%

    34And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi.