Genesis 30:9

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her 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 Rachel's slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

8 Rachel said, "In [my] wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won," and she named him Naphtali.

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

10 Leah's slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11 Then Leah said, "What good fortune!" and she named him Gad.