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Zilpah in the Bible.

Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher. The King James Version names Zilpah in 7 verses, from Genesis 29:24 to Genesis 46:18.

Zilpah’s family.

Herself
Zilpah
Husbands, and their children

Her family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Zilpah was.

Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Zilpah’s story.

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

All 7 verses that name Zilpah.

Genesis 7

  • Genesis 29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
  • Genesis 30:9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
  • Genesis 30:10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
  • Genesis 30:12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
  • Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
  • Genesis 37:2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
  • Genesis 46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

Questions about Zilpah.

Who was Zilpah in the Bible?

Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher. The King James Version names Zilpah in 7 verses, from Genesis 29:24 to Genesis 46:18.

Who was Zilpah’s husband?

Jacob.

Who were Zilpah’s children?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Gad and Asher.

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