Genesis 30:12
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:12 in other translations
| BSB | When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, |
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| WEB | Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son. |
| ASV | And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bare Jacob a second son. |
| YLT | And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob, |
| DARBY | And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son. |
| BBE | And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son. |
| Webster | And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son. |
What does Genesis 30:12 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…
Genesis 30:12 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 30:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Zilpa, la sierva de Lea, parió otro hijo á Jacob. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un second fils à Jacob. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Silpa, die Magd Leas, gebar dem Jakob einen zweiten Sohn. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Peperit quoque Zelpha alterum. |