Genesis 30:12

12 Then Zilpah gave Jacob a second son.

Genesis 30:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:12

And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a second son.
] As well as Bilhah, and no more.

Genesis 30:12 In-Context

10 Soon Zilpah presented him with a son.

11 Leah named him Gad, for she said, “How fortunate I am!”

12 Then Zilpah gave Jacob a second son.

13 And Leah named him Asher, for she said, “What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with me.”

14 One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”