Bilhah
Gender: Female
Years: -1753 - -1706
Dictionary Text: Faltering; bashful, Rachel’s handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob. She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali. Reuben was cursed by his father for committing adultry with her. He was deprived of the birth-right, which was given to the sons of Joseph.
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- Genesis 29:29: And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
- Genesis 30:3: And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
- Genesis 46:25: These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13: The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- Genesis 30:4: And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- Genesis 35:25: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
- Genesis 30:5: And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:7: And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 37:2: These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
- Genesis 35:22: And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
