Genesis 30:12

And Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a second son to Jacob,

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And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.

In Context

11and Leah says, “A troop is coming”; and she calls his name Gad.

13and Leah says, “Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me blessed”; and she calls his name Asher.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:40Of the sons of Asher—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

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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