Genesis 30:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.”
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“When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”
King James Version · Public Domain“When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 30:9 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:3So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 29:24And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- Genesis 29:35And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
- Genesis 30:4So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
- Genesis 30:17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
- Genesis 46:18These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
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