Zilpah
Leah's maidservant; mother of Gad and Asher
A written article for Zilpah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Zilpah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.
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1900 BC1700 BC
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Zilpah1753 BC to 1706 BC
Original word
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זִלְפָּה zilpahH2153
Citations
“Zilpah.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
Where Zilpah appears in Scripture
וַיִּתֵּן לָבָן לָהּ אֶת-זִלְפָּה שִׁפְחָתוֹ לְלֵאָה בִתּוֹ שִׁפְחָֽה׃
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
וַתֵּרֶא לֵאָה כִּי עָֽמְדָה מִלֶּדֶת וַתִּקַּח אֶת-זִלְפָּה שִׁפְחָתָהּ וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְיַֽעֲקֹב לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
וַתֵּלֶד זִלְפָּה שִׁפְחַת לֵאָה בֵּן שֵׁנִי לְיַֽעֲקֹֽב׃
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
וּבְנֵי זִלְפָּה שִׁפְחַת לֵאָה גָּד וְאָשֵׁר אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי יַֽעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּד-לוֹ בְּפַדַּן אֲרָֽם׃
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
אֵלֶּה׀ תֹּֽלְדוֹת יַֽעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בֶּן-שְׁבַֽע-עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה רֹעֶה אֶת-אֶחָיו בַּצֹּאן וְהוּא נַעַר אֶת-בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְאֶת-בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה נְשֵׁי אָבִיו וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת-דִּבָּתָם רָעָה אֶל-אֲבִיהֶֽם׃
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.
אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה אֲשֶׁר-נָתַן לָבָן לְלֵאָה בִתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד אֶת-אֵלֶּה לְיַֽעֲקֹב שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה נָֽפֶשׁ׃
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.