Person
Bilhah
Mentioned in 10 verses across 2 books, first in Genesis 29:29. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 10 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Genesis
- Genesis 29:29
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
- Genesis 30:3
Then 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
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
- Genesis 30:5
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
- Genesis 30:7
And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 35:22
While 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
The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 37:2
This 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
These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 7:13
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.
Events
Events the dataset lists Bilhah as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1755 BCBirth of Dan
- c. 1754 BCBirth of Naphtali
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
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.