So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 30:9 - New International Version (Anglicised) When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob 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. |
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘This time I will praise the Lord.’ So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Then Rachel said, ‘I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.’ So she named him Naphtali.
These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah – sixteen in all.