Genesis 30:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 30:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 30:9 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 30:9 — KJV
“When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”
— Genesis 30:9 (KJV)
Genesis 30:9 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 30:9
“And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:9: took, maid, gave
“When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:9: saw, gave, jacob
“And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:9: leah, zilpah, maid
“And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:9: maid, gave, jacob
“And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:9: leah, zilpah, maid
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