Genesis 29:24

 Genesis 29:24

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

a. ASV: And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. YLT: And Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.[The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: And Laban gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah to be her maid. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. NLT: (Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.) [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

e. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: And Laban gave her Zilpah his maidservant--a maidservant to Leah his daughter.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]

f. Torah, Judaism and Jewish information on the web: www.chabad.org; Online English Translation of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible): And Laban gave Zilpah his maidservant to his daughter Leah as a maidservant. [English Translation, Ⓒ Copyright The Judaica Press All rights reserved.]

1. “And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.”

a. [And] Laban [Strong: 3837 Laban law-bawn' the same as 3836; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert:--Laban.]

b. gave [Strong: 5414 nathan naw-than' a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.):--add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.]

c. [unto his] daughter [Strong: 1323 bath bath from 1129 (as feminine of 1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively):--apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.]

d. Leah [Strong: 3812 Le'ah lay-aw' from 3811; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob:--Leah.]

e. [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

f. Zilpah [Strong: 2153 Zilpah zil-paw : from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping; Zilpah, Leah's maid:--Zilpah.]

g. [his] maid [Strong: 8198 shiphchah shif-khaw' feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see 4940); a female slave (as a member of the household):--(bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.]

h. [for an] handmaid [Strong: 8198 shiphchah shif-khaw' feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see 4940); a female slave (as a member of the household):--(bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.]