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Zilpah

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Zil´pah (a dropping), a female servant of Laban, whom he gave to Leah on her marriage with Jacob (), and whom Leah eventually induced him to take as a concubine-wife; in which capacity she became the mother of Gad and Asher (; ; ; ).

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Zilpah'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​z/zilpah.html.
 
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