Zilpah's Journey Map

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Laban gives Zilpah to Leah on her wedding night.
GEN.29.24

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid {for} an handmaid.

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Zilpah

Zilpah was the maid Laban gave Leah on her wedding night. When Leah stopped bearing children, she gave Zilpah to Jacob, who fathered Gad and Asher by her. Two of Israel's twelve tribes descend from a woman the text never lets speak.

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Journey Timeline

  1. Given to Leahc. 1921 BC

    Haran

    Laban gives Zilpah to Leah on her wedding night.

    GEN 29:24

  2. Given to Jacobc. 1916 BC

    Haran

    Leah, having stopped bearing, gives Zilpah to Jacob.

    GEN 30:9

  3. Gadc. 1915 BC

    Haran

    Zilpah bears Gad, and Leah says: a troop comes.

    GEN 30:11

  4. Asherc. 1914 BC

    Haran

    Zilpah bears Asher; Leah names him for her happiness.

    GEN 30:13

  5. Counted with the housec. 1890 BC

    Her two sons are listed among the twelve sons of Jacob.

    GEN 35:26

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