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Genesis 30:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”

Genesis 30:9

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And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

8

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. {great...: Heb. wrestlings of God} {Naphtali: that is, My wrestling: Gr. Nephthalim}

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When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

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And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

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And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. {Gad: that is, A troop, or, company}

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