(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)<n id="1" />p>

(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)<n id="1" />

Soon Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.<n id="1" />

The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">The sons of Bilhah, Rachel&#8217;s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.p>

She said, &#8220;You really are being kind to me,<n id="1" /> sir,<n id="2" /> for you have reassured<n id="3" /> and encouraged<n id="4" /> me, your servant,<n id="5" /> even though I am<n id="6" /> not one of your servants!&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

But later<n id="1" /> they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">under an unloved<n id="1" /> woman who is married,p> <p class="poetry">and under a female servant who dispossesses<n id="2" /> her mistress.p>

and he did treat Abram well<n id="1" /> on account of her. Abram received<n id="2" /> sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Sarai,<n id="1" /> Abram&#8217;s wife, had not given birth to any children,<n id="2" /> but she had an Egyptian servant<n id="3" /> named Hagar.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">This is the account of Abraham&#8217;s son Ishmael,<n id="1" /> whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah&#8217;s servant, bore to Abraham.p>

<p class="bodytext">So Rachel<n id="1" /> gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with<n id="2" /> her.

<p class="bodytext">Bilhah, Rachel&#8217;s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.<n id="1" />

Then Leah said, &#8220;God has granted me a reward<n id="1" /> because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.&#8221;<n id="2" /> So she named him Issachar.<n id="3" />p>

In this way Jacob<n id="1" /> became extremely prosperous. He owned<n id="2" /> large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.p>

He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.

Now let this present<n id="1" /> that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow<n id="2" /> my lord.

She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, &#8220;Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash<n id="1" /> the feet of the servants of my lord.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then the woman said, &#8220;Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.&#8221; He replied, &#8220;Tell me.&#8221;