Genesis 30:9

Gad and Asher

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a 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 Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

8 Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

10 And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11 Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.