Genesis 30:9

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took Zilpah, her maid and gave her Jacob to wife.

Genesis 30:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had left bearing
For a little while, for she afterwards bore again, and observing also what her sister had done; she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife:
in this she was less excusable than Rachel, since she had four children of her own, and therefore might have been content without desiring others by her maid; nor had she long left off bearing, and therefore had no reason to give up hope of having any more.

Genesis 30:9 In-Context

7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again and gave birth to a second son unto Jacob.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took Zilpah, her maid and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 And Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave birth to a son unto Jacob.
11 And Leah said, Good venture has come; and she called his name Gad.
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