Genèse 29:24

24 Et Laban donna pour servante à Léa, sa fille, Zilpa, sa servante.

Genèse 29:24 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:24

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid, [for]
an handmaid.
] It was usual to have many given them at this time, as Rebekah seems to have had, ( Genesis 24:59 Genesis 24:61 ) ; but Leah had but one, and this was all the portion Jacob had with her. The Targum of Jonathan is,

``and Laban gave her Zilpah his daughter, whom his concubine bore unto him:''

hence the Jews say ^F17, that the daughters of a man by his concubines are called maids.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Pirke Eliezer, c. 36.

Genèse 29:24 In-Context

22 Laban réunit tous les gens du lieu, et fit un festin.

23 Le soir, il prit Léa, sa fille, et l'amena vers Jacob, qui s'approcha d'elle.

24 Et Laban donna pour servante à Léa, sa fille, Zilpa, sa servante.

25 Le lendemain matin, voilà que c'était Léa. Alors Jacob dit à Laban: Qu'est-ce que tu m'as fait? N'est-ce pas pour Rachel que j'ai servi chez toi? Pourquoi m'as-tu trompé?

26 Laban dit: Ce n'est point la coutume dans ce lieu de donner la cadette avant l'aînée.