Zilpah
Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob two sons, Gad and Asher.
The name Zilpah means “distillation from the mouth”
FemalePatriarchs eraOld Testament1 book7 verses
Summary
A concubine living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 29:24; only referred to as Zilpah (זִלְפָּה); concubine of Israel; mother of Gad and Asher.
Events
Dates are approximate
- Birth of Gadc. 1753 BC
- Birth of Asherc. 1752 BC
Glossary entries
Family members
- Spouse
Alternative names
- זִלְפָּהZilpah
Mentions
- And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- When 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.
- When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
- And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.