Zilpah
the name means fragrant dropping Strong's Lexicon
Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob two sons, Gad and Asher.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Drooping, Leah's handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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First named at Genesis 29:24.
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Verses that name Zilpah
- Genesis 29:24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- Genesis 30:9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Genesis 30:10 And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12 When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
- Genesis 35:26 And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Genesis 37:2 This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- Genesis 46:18 These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.