Genesis 29:24

At the same time Laban gave his slave-girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah.

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In The King James Version

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

In Context

23In the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob received her as his wife.

25When in the morning Jacob found it was Leah, he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

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Cross References

Genesis 16:1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 30:9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took Zilpah her slave-girl, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 46:18These are the children of Zilpah, the slave-girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She bore sixteen children to Jacob.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:16-31

Jacob's Marriage. ( b. c. 1753.) 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I… Read the whole commentary →

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