Genèse 29:24

24 Et Laban donna sa servante Zilpa pour servante à Léa, sa fille.

Genèse 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 Pirke Eliezer, c. 36.

Genèse 29:24 In-Context

22 Alors Laban rassembla tous les gens du lieu, et fit un festin.
23 Et le soir il prit Léa, sa fille, et l'amena à Jacob, qui vint vers elle.
24 Et Laban donna sa servante Zilpa pour servante à Léa, sa fille.
25 Et le matin, voici, c'était Léa; et Jacob dit à Laban: Qu'est-ce que tu m'as fait? N'est-ce pas pour Rachel que j'ai servi chez toi? Et pourquoi m'as-tu trompé?
26 Laban répondit: On ne fait pas ainsi dans ce lieu, de donner la plus jeune avant l'aînée.
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