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Zilpah
ZILPAH (zĭl'pa, Heb. zilpâh, meaning uncertain). Handmaid of Leah, given to her by her father Laban. Later through Jacob she became the mother of Gad and Asher (
ZILPAH zĭl’ pə (זִלְפָּ֖ה). A slave girl given by Laban to Leah on the occasion of her marriage to Jacob, and who, at the request of Leah, became his secondary wife, bearing to him Gad and Asher (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
The ancestress of Gad and Asher (