Genesis 30:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

New Living Translation
Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn’t getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

English Standard Version
When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Berean Study Bible
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

New American Standard Bible
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

NASB 1995
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

NASB 1977
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Amplified Bible
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing [children], she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a [secondary] wife.

Christian Standard Bible
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Contemporary English Version
When Leah realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah,

Good News Translation
When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as his wife.

International Standard Version
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

NET Bible
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

New King James Version
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife.

King James 2000 Bible
When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob as his wife.

New Heart English Bible
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

World English Bible
When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

American King James Version
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

American Standard Version
When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

A Faithful Version
When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing, she took her handmaid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Darby Bible Translation
And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.

English Revised Version
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

Webster's Bible Translation
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When Lea sawe that she had left bearyng chyldren she toke Zilpha her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wyfe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Now whan Lea sawe that she had left bearynge, she toke Silpa hir mayde, and gaue her vnto Iacob to wyfe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Whe Lea sawe that she had left bearinge she toke Silpha hir mayde and gaue her Iacob to wiffe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Leah sees that she has ceased from bearing, and she takes Zilpah her maidservant, and gives her to Jacob for a wife;

Young's Literal Translation
And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Leah will see that she stood from bringing forth, and she will take Zilpah her maid and will give her to Jacob for a wife.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Leah, perceiving that she had desisted from child-bearing, delivered Zilpah, her handmaid, to her husband.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Leah saw that she ceased from child bearing and she brought Zelpha her Handmaid and she gave her as a wife to Yaquuv.

Lamsa Bible
When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zelpha her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.
















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