John Gill Commentary Genesis 29:24

"And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid." — Genesis 29:24 (ASV)

And Laban gave to his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid, [for]
an handmaid.
It was usual to have many given them at this time, as Rebekah seems to have had, (Genesis 24:59Genesis 24:61); but Leah had but one, and this was all the portion Jacob had with her. The Targum of Jonathan is, ``and Laban gave her Zilpah his daughter, whom his concubine bore unto him:'' hence the Jews say^F17, that the daughters of a man by his concubines are called maids.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: Pirke Eliezer, c. 36.