KJV King James Version
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid.
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Genesis 29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
WEB World English Bible
Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
ASV American Standard Version
And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid.
25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
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Genesis 30:9-12When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.Genesis 16:1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.Genesis 46:18These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls.Genesis 24:59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
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