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Genesis 30:9-12

30:9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave¹ her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. 30:10 Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.² 30:11 Leah said, “How fortunate!”³ So she named him Gad.⁴

30:12 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.⁵

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

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

³tc The statement in the Kethib (consonantal text) appears to mean literally “with good fortune,” if one takes the initial בְּ (bet) as a preposition indicating accompaniment. The Qere (marginal reading) means “good fortune has arrived.”

⁴sn The name Gad (גָּד, gad) means “good fortune.” The name reflects Leah’s feeling that good fortune has come her way, as expressed in her statement recorded earlier in the verse.

⁵tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore a second son for Jacob.”

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