And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter as her attendant. The introduction of Zilpah as Leah's attendant is a setup for Genesis 30:9-12, where Leah gives Zilpah to Jacob as a surrogate. The attendants of the wives become players in the competition for Jacob's children. The application: the people introduced as minor characters at the beginning of a narrative often become major actors before the narrative ends.

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