Genesis 30:12
And Zilpha the handmaid of Leah bare a second son to Jakob;
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
In Context
11and Leah said, There cometh prosperity; and she called his name Gad.
13And Leah said, Praise shall be mine; now will women praise me; and she called his name Asher.
Cross References
Numbers 1:40Of the generations or the Beni Asher, by the kindreds of the house of their fathers, in the number of their names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going forth in 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 →