Bilhah

Role: wife and mother · First appears: The Marriage Of Jacob

Bilhah was one of Laban’s daughters, born to his concubines. At the birth of Jacob’s children, Rachel gave Bilhah, her freed handmaid, to Jacob as a wife. Bilhah bore Jacob two sons: Dan, whom Rachel named, and Naphtali, her second son, also named by Rachel.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rachel gave Bilhah, her handmaid, to Jacob as a wife.(The Birth Of Jacob's Children)
  • With: Rachel Jacob
  • “Thereupon Rachel gave Jacob Bilhah, her freed handmaid, to wife”
• Bilhah bore Jacob a son, Dan.(The Birth Of Jacob's Children)
  • With: Jacob Dan
  • “and she bore him a son, whom Rachel called Dan”
• Bilhah bore Jacob a second son, Naphtali.(The Birth Of Jacob's Children)
  • With: Jacob Naphtali
  • “Bilhah's second son Rachel named Naphtali”

The Marriage Of Jacob

• parent: Laban “With Leah and Rachel, Jacob received the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah, two other daughters of Laban, whom his concubines had borne unto him.”

The Birth Of Jacob's Children

• married with Jacob “Thereupon Rachel gave Jacob Bilhah, her freed handmaid, to wife”
• child: Dan “she bore him a son, whom Rachel called Dan”
• child: Naphtali “Bilhah's second son Rachel named Naphtali”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.