These are the sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Zilpah
Zilpah (zil-paw)
fragrant dropping; Zilpah, Leah's maid -- Zilpah.
whom Laban
Laban (law-bawn')
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert -- Laban.
gave
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
to Leah
Le'ah (lay-aw')
weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob -- Leah.
his daughter
bath (bath)
apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village.
and these she bare
yalad (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
unto Jacob
Ya`aqob (yah-ak-obe')
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob.
even sixteen
`asar (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
shesh (shaysh)
six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth -- six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
souls
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
