Genesis 30:12
When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
In Context
11Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Cross References
Numbers 1:40From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
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 →