Genesis 30:12

12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

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Genesis 30:12 in Other Translations

12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

12 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

12 Then Zilpah gave Jacob a second son.

12 When Leah's maid Zilpah had a second son for Jacob,

12 When Leah's slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

Genesis 30:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:12

And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a second son.
] As well as Bilhah, and no more.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 30:12 In-Context

10 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11 Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him Gad.

12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

13 Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

14 During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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