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    Zilpah was Leah's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine; she bore Gad and Asher, two of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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    Zilpah was Leah's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine; she bore Gad and Asher, two of the twelve tribes of Israel.

    "And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid." Genesis 29:24 (KJV)

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    "And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid."
    "When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher."
    "And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram."

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