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Genesis 35:26

The sons of Zelpha, Lia's handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Filii Zelphæ ancillæ Liæ : Gad et Aser : hi sunt filii Jacob, qui nati sunt ei in Mesopotamia Syriæ.
Septuagint (Swete)
υἱοὶ δὲ Ζέλφας παιδίσκης Λείας Γὰδ καὶ Ἀσήρ· οὗτοι οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰακώβ, οἳ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ ἐν Μεσοποταμίᾳ τῆς Συρίας.
Hebrew (WLC)
וּבְנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֛ה שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה גָּ֣ד וְאָשֵׁ֑ר אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֻלַּד ל֖וֹ בְּפַדַּ֥ן אֲרָֽם

Haydock's commentary

Syria, all except Benjamin. (Calmet)

All frequently means the greatest part. (Haydock)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.