Genesis 30:10

10 And when Zilpah, after conceiving, childed a son,

Genesis 30:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:10

And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son.
] For it seems he consented to take her to wife at the motion of Leah, as he had took Bilhah at the instance of Rachel; and having gratified the one, he could not well deny the other; and went in to her, and she conceived, though neither of these things are mentioned, but are all necessarily supposed.

Genesis 30:10 In-Context

8 for whom Rachel said, The Lord hath made me like my sister, and I [have] waxed strong; and she called him Naphtali.
9 (Then) Leah feeled that she ceased to bear child, and she gave Zilpah, her handmaid (her slave-girl), to her husband.
10 And when Zilpah, after conceiving, childed a son,
11 Leah said, Blessedly (I am most fortunate); and therefore she called his name Gad.
12 Also Zilpah childed another son,
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