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LabanלָבָןgaveוַיִּתֵּןherלָהּZilpahאֶת זִלְפָּהhis slave woman,שִׁפְחָתוֹto Leahלְלֵאָהhis daughterבִתּוֹas a slave woman.שִׁפְחָה
Genesis 29:24
Study it in the app“Laban gave her Zilpah his slave woman, to Leah his daughter as a slave woman.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:24, word by word
- Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- Zilpahזִלְפָּהzilpa
Zilpah
Zilpah, Leah's slave, given to Jacob; mother of Gad and Asher.
Where else “zilpa” appears- his slave womanשִׁפְחָתshifchat
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appears- to Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- his daughterבִתּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears
The context
23But in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.
24 · This verse (above)
25In the morning, look, she was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why have you deceived me?”
To study Genesis 29 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Jacob’s seven years of service were over, and what did he say to Laban (vv. 20-28)?
2. What it means
What irony is there in Jacob, who deceived his father, now being deceived by Laban (v. 25)?
3. How I live it
How can you stay honest with others even when the opposite would suit you better?