THEOSISGenesis 46:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia, his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.
אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י זִלְפָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן לָבָ֖ן לְלֵאָ֣ה בִתּ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֤לֶד אֶת־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה נָֽפֶשׁ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 29:24Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zelpha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom, when morning was come he saw it was Lia.
- Gen 30:9Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband.
- Gen 30:13And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.
- Gen 35:26The sons of Zelpha, Lia's handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
- Ex 1:4Dan, and Nephthali, Gad and Aser.