In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah (זִלְפָּה `drooping`, Standard Hebrew Zilpa, Tiberian Hebrew Zilpâ) is Leah`s handmaid who becomes a wife of Jacob and bears him two sons Gad and Asher. Zilpah is given to Leah as a handmaid by Leah`s father, Laban, upon Leah`s marriage to Jacob (see Genesis 29:24, 46:18). According to some commentators... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilpah