Genesis 30:9
What does Genesis 30:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 30:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:3
And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
- Genesis 29:35
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
- Genesis 30:4
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- Genesis 30:17
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
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