Genesis 29:24
in Genesis 29And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
KJV
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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This verse in Genesis 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid, for an handmaid. It was usual to have many given them at this time, as Rebekah seems to have had, Gen 24:59; but Leah had but one, and this was all the portion Jacob had with her. The Targum of Jonathan is,"and Laban gave her Zilpah his daughter, whom his concubine bore unto him:''hence the Jews say (q), that the daughters of a man by his concubines are called maids. (q) Pirke Eliezer, c. 36.
This site's exposition
when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah
on Genesis 29:23-24
Genesis gives the hour and nothing more, and Clarke fills in the veil and the dark chamber that held the substitution until morning. The man deceived here had gone in to a blind father wearing his brother's clothes. Laban's servant girl Zilpah goes to Leah in the same breath.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And Laban gave - Zilpah his maid - Slaves given in this way to a daughter on her marriage, were the peculiar property of the daughter; and over them the husband had neither right nor power.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּ֤ן | vaiyiten | and he had given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָבָן֙ | lavan | Laban | H3837 → | 55 times |
| לָ֔הּ | lah | to <the> her | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זִלְפָּ֖ה | zilpah | Zilpah | H2153 → | 7 times |
| שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ | shifchato | maidservant his | H8198 → | 63 times |
| לְלֵאָ֥ה | leleah | to Leah | H3812 → | 34 times |
| בִתּ֖וֹ | vito | daughter his | H1323 → | 588 times |
| שִׁפְחָֽה׃ | shifchah | a maidservant | H8198 → | 63 times |
וַיִּתֵּ֤ןand he had given
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
לָבָן֙Laban
lavanH3837 →55 times
לָ֔הּto <the> her
lah
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
זִלְפָּ֖הZilpah
zilpahH2153 →7 times
שִׁפְחָת֑וֹmaidservant his
shifchatoH8198 →63 times
לְלֵאָ֥הto Leah
leleahH3812 →34 times
בִתּ֖וֹdaughter his
vitoH1323 →588 times
שִׁפְחָֽה׃a maidservant
shifchahH8198 →63 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
it leads to
- Galatians 4:24
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
- Genesis 12:16
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- Genesis 21:9–10
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- Genesis 15:2–3
But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- Luke 1:36
Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
- Galatians 4:24
Through
Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
it leads to
- Genesis 35:8
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
- Genesis 24:53
Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
- Genesis 24:50
Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
- Genesis 35:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
