Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
In other versions
When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
ASV
When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.
BBE
And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.
DBY
When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
WEB
And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;
YLT
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
ENG
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife.
WBT
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
BSB
In context
7And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Israel
- Leah
- Zilpah
