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Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

Genesis 29:24

In 11 translations

BSB
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
KJV
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
WEB
Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.
ASV
And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
LSV
and Laban gives his maidservant Zilpah to her, to his daughter Leah, [for] a maidservant.
YLT
and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.
DBY
And Laban gave to her Zilpah, his maidservant, to be maidservant to Leah his daughter.
DRC
Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zelpha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom when morning was come he saw it was Lia:
GNV
And Laban gaue his mayde Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her seruant.
JPS
And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
LXXE
And Laban gave to his daughter Lea, Zelpha his handmaid, as a handmaid for her.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן לָבָן֙ לָ֔הּ אֶת־זִלְפָּ֖ה שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ לְלֵאָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ שִׁפְחָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἔδωκε δὲ Λάβαν Λείᾳ τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ζελφὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ, αὐτῇ παιδίσκην.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
  • Genesis 30:9–12When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad. When Leah’s servant…
  • Genesis 46:18These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
  • Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

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