Easton's Bible Dictionary Drooping, Leah's handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:9-13). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ZILPAH zil'-pa (zilpah, meaning uncertain; Zelpha): The ancestress of Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:10, 12; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:18), a slave girl of Leah's, given her by Laban (Genesis 29:24; Genesis 30:9). In Ezekiel 48 the Zilpah tribes have the 5th division toward the South of Palestine and the 6th to the North, a slightly more favorable position than that of the Bilhah tribes.

Multi-Version Concordance Zilpah (7 Occurrences) Genesis 29:24 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 30:9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 30:10 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 30:12 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 37:2 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. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)