24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. …
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-30)Here is, I. The fair contract made between Laban and Jacob, during the month that Jacob spent there as a guest, Gen. 29:14. It seems he was not idle, nor did he spend his time in sport and pastime; but like a man of business, though he had no stock of his own, he applied himself to serve his uncle, as he had begun (Gen. 29:10) when he watered his flock . Note, Wherever we are, it is good to be emp…
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