Genesis 29:24
New International Version
And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter as her attendant.

New Living Translation
(Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)

English Standard Version
(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)

Berean Standard Bible
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

King James Bible
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

New King James Version
And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.

New American Standard Bible
Laban also gave his female slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a slave.

NASB 1995
Laban also gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.

NASB 1977
Laban also gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.

Legacy Standard Bible
Laban also gave his servant-woman Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a servant-woman.

Amplified Bible
Laban also gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah as a maid.

Christian Standard Bible
And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.

American Standard Version
And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Laban gave Zelpha, his Handmaid, to Leah his daughter as a Handmaid.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Laban gave to his daughter Lea, Zelpha his handmaid, as a handmaid for her.

Contemporary English Version
Laban also gave Zilpah to Leah as her servant woman.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zalpha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom when morning was come he saw it was Lia:

English Revised Version
And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for an handmaid.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(Laban had given his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.)

Good News Translation
Laban gave his slave woman Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.)

International Standard Version
Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

Literal Standard Version
and Laban gives his maidservant Zilpah to her, to his daughter Leah, [for] a maidservant.

Majority Standard Bible
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

New American Bible
Laban assigned his maidservant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

NET Bible
(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)

New Revised Standard Version
(Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid.)

New Heart English Bible
Laban gave Zilpah his female servant to his daughter Leah as a servant.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Laban gave to his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid.

World English Bible
Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.

Young's Literal Translation
and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

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Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
23But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her. 24And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant. 25When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”…

Cross References
Genesis 29:23
But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

Genesis 29:25
When morning came, there was Leah! "What have you done to me?" Jacob said to Laban. "Wasn't it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?"


Treasury of Scripture

And Laban gave to his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

Zilpah.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 24:59
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Genesis 30:9-12
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife…

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Genesis 29
1. Jacob comes to the well of Haran.
9. He becomes acquainted with Rachel.
13. Laban entertains him.
18. Jacob covenants for Rachel.
23. He is deceived by Laban with Leah.
28. He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more.
32. Leah bears Reuben;
33. Simeon;
34. Levi;
35. and Judah.














(24) Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah . . . --Bethuel had given Rebekah not only Deborah her nurse, but also damsels (Genesis 24:61); but then she had been obtained by presents of unusual costliness. Still, Laban does not seem to have acted very liberally by his daughters, and they resented his treatment of them (Genesis 31:15).

Verse 24. - And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah - "the Dropping"? (Gesenius), "Myrrh-juice" (Furst) - his maid (according to Gesenius the word is closely connected with an unused root signifying to spread out, hence a maid-servant) for an handmaid. This was in accordance with Oriental custom (vide Genesis 14:61). That Leah obtained only one damsel need not be ascribed to Laban's parsimonious character, but to his already-formed intention to bestow a second on Rachel.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Laban
לָבָן֙ (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

gave
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

his servant girl
שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant

Zilpah
זִלְפָּ֖ה (zil·pāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2153: Zilpah -- one of Jacob's wives

to his daughter
בִתּ֖וֹ (ḇit·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

Leah
לְלֵאָ֥ה (lə·lê·’āh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3812: Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacob

as her maidservant.
שִׁפְחָֽה׃ (šip̄·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant


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