Topic
Zilpah
9 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 29:24Smith · ISBE · Nave Leah' s handmaiden
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 30:9–13Easton · Smith · Nave Mother of Gad and Asher by Jacob
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. And Leah…
- Genesis 35:26Smith · ISBE · Nave Mother of Gad and Asher by Jacob
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
- Genesis 46:18Smith · ISBE · Nave Mother of Gad and Asher by Jacob
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
- Genesis 37:2Smith · Nave Mother of Gad and Asher by Jacob
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
- Genesis 30:9ISBE
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Genesis 30:10ISBE
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12ISBE
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- Ezekiel 48:1–35ISBE
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. And by the…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
zil'-pa (zilpah, meaning uncertain; Zelpha): The ancestress of Gad and Asher (Ge 30:10,12; 35:26; 46:18), a slave girl of Leah's, given her by Laban (Ge 29:24; 30:9). In Eze 48 the Zilpah tribes have the 5th division toward the South of Palestine and the 6th to the North, a slightly more favorable position than that of the Bilhah tribes.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 5 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Leah' s handmaiden Ge 29:24
- → Mother of Gad and Asher by Jacob Ge 30:9-13; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.