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Genesis 29:24

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(Laban had given his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.)

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Sarai, Abram’s wife, was not able to have children. She owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

So they let their sister Rebekah and her nurse go with Abraham’s servant and his men.

In the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob. Jacob slept with her. When morning came, he realized it was Leah.

“What have you done to me?” Jacob asked Laban. “Didn’t I work for you in return for Rachel? Why did you cheat me?”

The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob’s sons, who were born in Paddan Aram.

These were the descendants of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She gave birth to these children for Jacob. The total was 16.