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Genesis 29:24

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 29:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
Genesis 29:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 29

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. And he went in unto her.
24And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
25And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve with thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.
27Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid, [for] an handmaid.] It was usual to have many given them at this time, as Rebekah seems to have had, (<012459>Genesis 24:59,61); but Leah had but one, and this was all the portion Jacob had with her. The Targum of Jonathan is, “and Laban gave her Zilpah his daughter, whom his concubine bore unto him:” hence the Jews say f1479, that the daughters of a man by his concubines are called maids.”
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