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Genesis 30:12

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12 Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
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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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 30:12 In-Context

10 Then Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, "Good fortune!" so she called his name Gad.
12 Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, "Happy am I! For the women will call me happy"; so she called his name Asher.
14 In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray, some of your son's mandrakes."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.