Zilpah

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title: Zilpah
text: In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah was Leah's handmaid whom Leah gave to Jacob like a wife to bear him children. Zilpah gave birth to two sons, whom Leah claimed as her own and named Gad and Asher. Zilpah was given to Leah as a handmaid by Leah's father, Laban, upon Leah's marriage to Jacob. According to the early rabbinical commentary Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer, Zilpah and Bilhah, the handmaids of Leah and Rachel, respectively, were actually daughters of Laban and one or more of his concubines. But mod
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description: Leah's handmaid in the Book of Genesis
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date created: 2003-10-08T10:50:06Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T01:57:10Z
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