Bible Verses About Zilpah: Mother of Gad and Asher by Jacob

When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Jacob a son.

Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.

Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.

Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.

The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.