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Bilhah
Faltering; bashful, Rachel’s handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen. 29:29). She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen. 30:3-8). Reuben was cursed by his father for committing adultry with her (35:22; 49:4). He was deprived of the birth-right, which was given to the sons of Joseph.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(timid, bashful), handmaid of Rachel, (Genesis 29:29) and concubine of Jacob, to whom she bore Dan and Naphtali. (Genesis 30:3-8; 35:25; 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13) (B.C 53.)
In the Bible
11
Verses where Bilhah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 4:29
Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
- 1 Chronicles 7:13
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.
- Genesis 29:29
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
- Genesis 30:3
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- Genesis 30:4
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
- Genesis 30:5
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
+5 more verses naming Bilhah.
Scripture on Bilhah
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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