Zilpah

Family: Jacob household · Role: Leah's handmaid · First appears: Genesis 29

In Genesis 29, Laban gave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a handmaid. In Genesis 30, Leah gave Zilpah to Jacob as a wife, and Zilpah bore him two sons, Gad and Asher: “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.”

By Genesis 35, Zilpah is identified as Leah’s handmaid and the mother of Gad and Asher.

Relationship record

Life events

Zilpah is given to Jacob and bears him Gad and Asher.(Genesis 30)
- With: Jacob Gad Asher
- “When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 30:10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 30:12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.”

Genesis 29

employer: Laban “And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.”

Genesis 30

consort: Jacob “When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”
child: Gad “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.”
child: Asher “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.”
married with Jacob “When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”

Genesis 35

employer: Leah “And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad, and Asher:”

Genesis 37

consort: Jacob “Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives:”
married with Jacob “Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.