Rotheus
Family: Abraham's Family · Role: Bilhah's father · First appears: Naphtali'S Dreams Of The Division Of The Tribes
When Rotheus was taken captive, Laban bought him and married him to his slave Aina. Their first daughter was Zilpah, named after the village where Rotheus had been taken captive; their second daughter was Bilhah, whom he named because “My daughter is impetuous.” Bilhah was born the same day as Rachel, and Rotheus was a brother of Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse.
Relationship record
Life events
- Laban bought Rotheus as a captive, and Rotheus married Aina.(Naphtali'S Dreams Of The Division Of The Tribes)
- Rotheus and Aina had a daughter named Zilpah.(Naphtali'S Dreams Of The Division Of The Tribes · 📍 Zilpah)
- With: Zilpah
- “She bore Rotheus a daughter, and he called her Zilpah, after the name of the village in which he was taken captive.”
- Rotheus and Aina had a second daughter, Bilhah.(Naphtali'S Dreams Of The Division Of The Tribes)
- With: Bilhah
- “His second daughter he called Bilhah, saying, 'My daughter is impetuous,'”
Naphtali'S Dreams Of The Division Of The Tribes
- child: Bilhah “My mother Bilhah was a daughter of Rotheus”
- child: Zilpah “She bore Rotheus a daughter, and he called her Zilpah”
- married with Aina “he was bought by Laban and married to his slave Aina”
- siblings with Deborah “My mother Bilhah was a daughter of Rotheus, a brother of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, and she was born the same day as Rachel.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume II. Made with Rho MD.