Genesis 30:9

9 When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his 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 Bilhah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a second son.

8 Rachel said, "I have fought a hard fight with my sister, but I have won"; so she named him Naphtali.

9 When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife.

10 Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11 Leah said, "I have been lucky"; so she named him Gad.