Chuàngshìjì 29:24

24 Lābān yòu jiàng bìnǚ Xīpà gĕi nǚér Lìyà zuò shǐnǚ .

Chuàngshìjì 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.

Chuàngshìjì 29:24 In-Context

22 Lābān jiù bǎishè yánxí , qǐng qì le nà dìfang de zhòngrén .

23 Dào wǎnshang , Lābān jiàng nǚér Lìyà sòng lái gĕi Yǎgè , Yǎgè jiù yǔ tā tóngfáng .

24 Lābān yòu jiàng bìnǚ Xīpà gĕi nǚér Lìyà zuò shǐnǚ .

25 Dào le zǎochen , Yǎgè yī kàn shì Lìyà , jiù duì Lābān shuō , nǐ xiàng wǒ zuò de shì shénme shì ne . wǒ fúshì nǐ , bù shì wèi Lājié ma , nǐ wèishénme qī hòng wǒ ne .

26 Lābān shuō , dà nǚér hái méiyǒu gĕi rén , xiān bǎ xiǎo nǚér gĕi rén , zaì wǒmen zhè dìfang méiyǒu zhè guīju .