KJV King James Version
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
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Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
ASV American Standard Version
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These are sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.
Surrounding context — Genesis 35
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבְנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childזִלְפָּ֛הH2153 · zil.pahZilpahשִׁפְחַ֥תH8198 · shiph.chahmaidservantלֵאָ֖הH3812 · le.ahLeahגָּ֣דH1410 · gadGadוְאָשֵׁ֑רH836 · a.sherAsherאֵ֚לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichיֻלַּד־H3205 · ya.ladto begetל֖וֹH9033 · ohimבְּפַדַּ֥ןH6307 · pad.danPaddanאֲרָֽם׃H758 · a.ramAram
Cross-references
Genesis 31:18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.Genesis 46:16-18And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.Genesis 35:18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.Genesis 25:20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Genesis 30:9-13When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.Genesis 28:2Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
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