Genesis 29:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 29:24

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

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And 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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he had given	H5414 →
לָבָן֙	la.Van	Laban	H3837 →
לָ֔הּ	Lah	to <the> her
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
זִלְפָּ֖ה	zil.Pah	Zilpah	H2153 →
שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ	shif.cha.To	maidservant his	H8198 →
לְלֵאָ֥ה	le.le.'Ah	to Leah	H3812 →
בִתּ֖וֹ	vi.To	daughter his	H1323 →
שִׁפְחָֽה׃	shif.Chah	a maidservant	H8198 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 16:1
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
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.
Through
Genesis 24:59
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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.

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