Zilpah

Zilpah first appears as someone given away. Laban gave her to his daughter Leah, and when Leah “had left bearing,” she gave Zilpah to Jacob as wife (Genesis 30:9). Zilpah bore two sons. Leah named the first Gad, saying, “A troop cometh,” and the second Asher, saying, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed.” Both are counted among the sons of Jacob (Genesis 35:26), and Genesis 46:18 gives Zilpah’s household as sixteen souls. Her story is mostly told in Genesis 30:9-13.

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Genesis

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

Genesis 30:10

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

Genesis 30:11

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

Genesis 30:12

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Genesis 35:26

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

Genesis 46:18

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(a trickling), a Syrian given by Laban to his daughter Leah as an attendant, (Genesis 29:24) and by Leah to Jacob as a concubine. She was the mother of Gad and Asher. (Genesis 30:9-13; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18) (B.C. 1753.)