Genesis 30:10

And she, after having borne a son with difficulty,

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In The King James Version

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.

In Context

9Leah, perceiving that she had desisted from child-bearing, delivered Zilpah, her handmaid, to her husband.

11said: “Happiness!” And for this reason, she called his name Gad.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:24Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and families, and the houses of their kinships, having been counted by the names of each one, from twenty years and above, of all who could go forth to war,

Ezekiel 48:27And beyond the border of Zebulun, from the eastern region, even to the region of the sea, there shall be one portion for Gad.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:2-14

Increase of Jacob's Family. ( b. c. 1745.) 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →

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