Sarai, Avram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Avram had lived ten years in the land of Kena`an, and gave her to Avram her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 30:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) When Le'ah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Ya`akov as a wife. 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. |
Sarai, Avram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Avram had lived ten years in the land of Kena`an, and gave her to Avram her husband to be his wife.
She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, *This time will I praise the LORD.* Therefore she named him Yehudah. Then she stopped bearing.
God listened to Le'ah, and she conceived, and bore Ya`akov a fifth son.
She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Ya`akov went in to her.
Rachel said, *With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.* She named him Naftali.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Lavan gave to Le'ah, his daughter, and these she bore to Ya`akov, even sixteen souls.