Genesis 30:9

9 Leah saw that she had stopped having children. So 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 Rachel's servant Bilhah became pregnant again. She had a second son by Jacob.

8 Then Rachel said, "I've had a great struggle with my sister. Now I've won." So she named him Naphtali.

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

10 Leah's servant Zilpah had a son by Jacob.

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