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Genesis 30:9-10

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30:9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave 1  her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. 30:10 Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son. 2 

1 tn Heb “she took her servant Zilpah and gave her.” The verbs “took” and “gave” are treated as a hendiadys in the translation: “she gave.”

2 tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore for Jacob a son.”



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