Genesis 30:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 30:4 : 4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
  • Gen 30:17 : 17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
  • Gen 16:3 : 3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
  • Gen 29:35 : 35 She conceived again, and bare a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

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  • Gen 30:10-12
    3 verses
    89%

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

    11Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.

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

  • Gen 29:23-25
    3 verses
    87%

    23It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.

    24Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

    25It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with 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. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

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

    3She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

    4She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

    5Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:27-31
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    27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

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

    29Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

    30He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

    31Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 30:15-21
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    15She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

    16Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely 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 hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.

    19Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

    20Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.

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

  • Gen 30:7-8
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    7Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

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

  • Gen 46:18
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    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
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    16Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

    17Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

  • Gen 35:26
    72%

    26The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

  • Gen 29:34
    72%

    34She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.