Person
Zilpah
Mentioned in 7 verses, first in Genesis 29:24. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 7 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Genesis
- Genesis 29:24
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Genesis 30:10
And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12
When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
- Genesis 35:26
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.
- Genesis 37:2
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- Genesis 46:18
These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
Events
Events the dataset lists Zilpah as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1753 BCBirth of Gad
- c. 1752 BCBirth of Asher
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13).