This was after Abram lived ten years in the land of Canaan. And Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her servant from Egypt.)
Genesis 30:9 - Easy To Read Version Leah saw that she could have no more children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
This was after Abram lived ten years in the land of Canaan. And Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her servant from Egypt.)
Then God allowed Leah to become pregnant again. She gave birth to a fifth son.
So Rachel gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob. Jacob had sexual relations with Bilhah.
Rachel said, “I have fought hard to compete with my sister. And I have won.” So she named that son Naphtali. [172]
All those were Jacob’s sons from his wife’s servant, Zilpah. (Zilpah was the maid that Laban had given to his daughter Leah.) There were 16 people in this family.