Genesis 30:10
And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
In Context
9Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.
11She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
Cross References
Numbers 1:24Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Ezekiel 48:27And by the border of Zabulon, from the east side to the side of the sea, 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 →