Genesis 30 · Verse 10

Genesis 30:10

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
Genesis 30:10, King James Version

Genesis 30:10 in other translations

BSBAnd Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
WEBZilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.
ASVAnd Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bare Jacob a son.
YLTand Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,
DARBYAnd Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.
BBEAnd Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.
WebsterAnd Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son.

What does Genesis 30:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:1-13

Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage. Let us carefully watch against all the risings and workings of this passion in our minds. Let not our eye be evil towards any of our fellow-servants, because our…

Read the full comment on Genesis 30:1-13 →

Genesis 30:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתֵּ֗לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205
זִלְפָּ֛הzil.PahZilpahH2153
שִׁפְחַ֥תshif.Chat[the] maidservant ofH8198
לֵאָ֖הle.'AhLeahH3812
לְיַעֲקֹ֥בle.ya.'a.Koto JacobH3290
בֵּֽן\׃Bena sonH1121

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 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.

Read all of Genesis 30

Genesis 30:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Zilpa, sierva de Lea, parió á Jacob un hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un fils à Jacob.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Silpa, die Magd Leas, gebar dem Jakob einen Sohn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qua post conceptum edente filium,