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.
Bilhah:
Bilhan, who is old or confused
Bilhah:
(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)
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