Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 30:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
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Role in This Section
Zilpah bears a son to Jacob. This brief report carries Leah's strategy forward and prepares the difficult Gad naming in the next verse.
Read It With
- Genesis 29:31–30:24
Read verses 9–11. Verse 9 records Zilpah's transfer, verse 10 reports her birth, and verse 11 gives Leah's exclamation and the name Gad. Verse 10 alone does not evaluate the arrangement or reveal Zilpah's perspective.
Why It Needs Context
The verse functions as the birth report within Leah's use of Zilpah and cannot support an independent doctrine or application apart from that constrained household context.
Read Genesis 30:9–13 together
Why these verses belong together: Leah gives Zilpah, two sons are born, and Leah names them through fortune and happiness language.
Verse 9. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
Verse 10. 10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
Verse 11. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Verse 12. 12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
Verse 13. 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Genesis 29:31–30:24 — God Builds Jacob's Family Amid RivalrySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? very strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, unit boundary, birth sequence, name speeches, household relationships, later birth-mother identification, and forward family movement.
Exact location: Genesis 29:31–30:24 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 29:15–30; 30:25–43; 33:1–7; 35:23–26; 37:2; and 49
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew wording, literary repetitions, wordplays, textual difficulty, speaker distinctions, and lexical uncertainty.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 29:31–30:24; wording and morphology for hated, saw, heard, knees, built, judged, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, mandrakes, hired, Issachar, Zebulun, remembered, reproach, removed, and added
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