Bilhah

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Meaning: faltering; bashful

Rachel's handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen 29:29). She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:3ff). Reuben was cursed by his father for committing adultery with her (Gen 35:22; Gen 49:4). He was deprived of the birth-right, which was given to the sons of Joseph.


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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