Genesis 29:24

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. And Laban gave - Zilpah his maid - Slaves given in this way to a daughter on her marriage, were the peculiar property of the daughter; and over them the husband had neither right nor power.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl , Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh , Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh , Zilpah, “drop?” 29....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Serves Seven Years for Rachel. Laban Substitutes Leah and Secures Fourteen Years'service in Exchange for the Two. Apart from bits of P ( Gene...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zilpah. See on Genesis 29:29 .
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Laban gave—Zilpah, &c.— It appears to have been a very ancient custom, not only among the Hebrews, but with many other nations, and particularl...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob in Mesopotamia with Laban The divine care and blessing promised to Jacob at Bethel ( Genesis 28:15 ) are illustrated in the narrative of the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The female slave was a usual part of the bride's dowry.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah... — Bethuel had given Rebekah not only Deborah her nurse, but also damsels ( Genesis 24:61 ); but then sh...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel Genesis 29:21-35 The chief lesson of this paragraph is its illustration of the awful nemesis which accompanies wr...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Pursuing his journey after his experience at Luz, now called Beth-el, Jacob came into "the land of the children of the east." Here the next twenty ye...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid, [for] an handmaid. It was usual to have many given them at this time, as Rebekah seems to ha...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid. Ver. 24. Zilpah his maid. ] Who, very likely, was of the conspiracy.
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Laban gave unto Leah, Zilpah his maid Sir John Chardin observes, in his MS. note on this verse, “that none but very poor people marry a daughter in...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB MEETS RACHEL AND LABAN After many days of travel Jacob came to the land of his relatives. He could not phone to find his directions to their...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Marriage. B. C. 1753. 15 And...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast, and so it was that in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:23 . He took Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him.] “The fraud was rendered possible by the Eastern custom of t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:1 . Jacob went on his journey. Our version fails here to express the lively sense of the Hebrew, as in most versions. Levabit pedes;...
The Biblical Illustrator

He took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him Laban’s fraud on Jacob I. THE CHARACTER OF THE FRAUD. 1. Deliberate. 2. Bold. 3. Sel...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob (probably at the month's end), Because thou art —literally, is it not that . thou a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah, his maid, for an handmaid. This fact is here expressly mentioned on account of later developments.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zilpah. Genesis 16:1 Genesis 24:59 Genesis 30:9-12 Genesis 46:18

²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 29:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 29:24