Bilhah
7 lines · 12 passages
Bilhah in the Bible Dictionary
- 1. Rachael’s servant
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Bears children by Jacob
Gen 29:29; 30:3, 4; 37:2
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
Genesis 29:293 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 30:34 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Genesis 30:42 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 37:2 -
Mother of Dan and Naphtali
Gen 30:1–8; 35:25; 46:23–25
1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 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. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. 7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:125 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Genesis 35:2523 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 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.
Genesis 46:23 -
Reuben’s incest with
Gen 35:22; 49:4
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:
Genesis 35:224 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:4 -
2. A place in the land of Simeon
1 Chr 4:29
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
1 Chronicles 4:29 -
Called BALAH
Josh 19:3
3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
Joshua 19:3 -
And BAALAH
Josh 15:29
29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
Joshua 15:29
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
