A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.29; married to Israel (H3478); mother of: Dan (H1835H) and Naphtali (H5321) § Bilhah = "troubled" Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali
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H1090 — בִּלְהָה
bil.hah · Bilhah · Hebrew/Aramaic
11 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 29:29 · בִּלְהָ֖הLaban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.Genesis 30:3 · בִלְהָ֖הThen 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 · בִּלְהָ֥הSo Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,Genesis 30:5 · בִּלְהָ֔הand Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.Genesis 30:7 · בִּלְהָ֖הAnd Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.Genesis 35:22 · בִּלְהָ֖ה֙While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:Genesis 35:25 · בִלְהָה֙The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.Genesis 37:2 · בִלְהָ֛הThis is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.Genesis 46:25 · בִלְהָ֔הThese are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.1 Chronicles 4:29 · וּבְבִלְהָ֥הBilhah, Ezem, Tolad,1 Chronicles 7:13 · בִלְהָֽה׃ פThe sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah.