King James Version

Genesis 30:10

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.

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וַתֵּ֗לֶדvateledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…זִלְפָּ֛הzilpahZilpahזִלְפָּהnoun, proper name — “Zilpah”H2153Zilpah, Leah's maidZilpah.שִׁפְחַ֥תshifchatmaidשִׁפְחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “maid”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8198a female slave (as a member of the household)(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.לֵאָ֖הleahLeahלֵאָהnoun, proper name — “Leah”H3812Leah, a wife of JacobLeah.לְיַעֲקֹ֥בleyaaqovto Jacobיַעֲקֹבpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.בֵּֽןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bare Jacob a son.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,

World English Bible

Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.

Darby Translation

And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.

Douay-Rheims

And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συνέλαβε Ζελφὰ ἡ παιδίσκη Λείας, καὶ ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν.