Genesis 30:9

9 Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband.

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 And again Bala conceived, and bore another,
8 For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.
9 Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband.
10 And when she had conceived, and brought forth a son,
11 She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
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