Zilpah

Zilpah (Hebrew: זלפה, Zilpāh; "Name means::drooping") was Leah's handmaid, the second concubine of Jacob, and the mother of Gad and Asher.

Laban gave Zilpah to Leah as a handmaid when Leah married Jacob. She became Jacob's concubine in the summer of 2250 AM.

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