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Genesis 30:12

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 30:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a second son.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
12And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a second son.
13And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son`s mandrakes.
15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son`s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son`s mandrakes.
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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 Zilpah, Leah’s maid, bare Jacob a second son.] As well as Bilhah, and no more.”
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