Old Testament
Zilpah
Leah's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and mother of Gad and Asher.
Zilpah was given to Leah by Laban as a handmaid upon Leah's marriage to Jacob. She bore two sons, Gad and Asher, who became patriarchs of two of the twelve tribes of Israel. Her role highlights the complex family dynamics and the expansion of the covenant line through Jacob's household.
In the text
- Verses
- 7
- Books
- 1
- First appears
- Genesis 29:24
- Last appears
- Genesis 46:18
Where Zilpah appears
7 verses · 5 chaptersIn the same books
- Ephron10 versesA Hittite landowner who sold the cave of Machpelah to Abraham for the burial of Sarah.
- Mamre10 versesAn Amorite chieftain who was an ally of Abram and provided land for his encampment near Hebron.
- Laban45 versesThe brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel who became Jacob's father-in-law and employer.
- Leah32 versesThe eldest daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, who became the mother of six of Israel's twelve tribes.
- Rebekah30 versesThe wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, instrumental in fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.
- Hagar12 versesAn Egyptian handmaid to Sarah who bore Ishmael to Abraham and experienced God's provision in the wilderness.
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