According to classical Judaic texts she was also a daughter of Laban, but was given to his other daughter Leah as a handmaiden on the occasion of her marriage to Jacob, see Genesis 29:24, 46:18. Leah later presented her to her husband Jacob as a concubine.
According to classical Judaic texts she was also a daughter of Laban, but was given to his other daughter Leah as a handmaiden on the occasion of her marriage to Jacob, see Genesis 29:24, 46:18.
Zilpah is burried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs in Tiberias.
Letter from Hibernia Hughes to Sarah Miller, September 1836: "Sister Zilpah is at Mother's now and I expect will stay there some time she came there about two weeks since in the belief that McGinty had gone to Texas, as he had left home three weeks before and told her he was going there.
Zilpah Miller to Susan Miller, 8 Nov 1838:"We heard from Aunt Hughes sometime since.
Zilpah McGinty to Susan Miller, 17 Jul 1844: "Robert and Oscar are both sick with fever.
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