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People of the Bible

Bilhah

Family

Partner
Jacob (Israel)
Children
Dan, Naphtali

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.

  • Birth of Dan · 1754 BC
  • Birth of Naphtali · 1753 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 10 verses

Genesis
29:29, 30:3, 30:4, 30:5, 30:7, 35:22, 35:25, 37:2, 46:25
1 Chronicles
7:13

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.