Genesis 30:12

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.

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Interpretation

Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage.

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This thought runs through Genesis 30:9-13.

Genesis 30:9 Genesis 30:10 Genesis 30:11 Genesis 30:12 Genesis 30:13

Glossary

Zilpah Person: Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher ( Gen. 30:9-13 ).