Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
In Context
10And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.
Cross References
Genesis 16:3And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 29:35And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: 'This time will I praise the LORD.' Therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
Genesis 30:17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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 →