Zilpah
Female
Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13).
Relationships
Key verses
Genesis 37:2
This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
Genesis 35:26
The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 29:24
Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 46:18
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 30:10
Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Jacob a son.