# When Leah saw that

"When Leah became aware that"

# she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife

"she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife"

# Zilpah

This is the name of Leah's female servant. See how you translated this in [Genesis 29:24](../29/23.md).

# bore Jacob a son

"gave birth to a son for Jacob"

# This is fortunate!

"How fortunate!" or "What good luck!"

# called his name Gad

Translators may also add a footnote that says "The name Gad means 'fortunate.'"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/leah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gad]]