So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife.
Genesis 30:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she gave Zilpah her maid to Jacob as a [secondary] wife. American Standard Version (1901) When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. Common English Bible When Leah realized that she had stopped bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as his wife. Catholic Public Domain Version Leah, perceiving that she had desisted from child-bearing, delivered Zilpah, her handmaid, to her husband. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband. |
So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife.
She conceived again and bore a son and said, “This time I will praise the Lord,” therefore she named him Judah; then she ceased bearing.
Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed,” so she named him Naphtali.
These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons.