Bilhah
BILHAH
The handmaid of Rachel, given by her to her husband Jacob when herself childless, that she might become a mother through her handmaid. Bilhah was the mother of Dan and Naphtali, Gen 30:1- 8.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Bilhah
(Heb. Bilhah’, , faltering, i.e. perh. bashful),’ the name of a woman and of a place.
1. (Sept. ) The handmaid (Gen 29:29) whom the childless Rachel bestowed as a concubine upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. B.C. 191t. Bilhah thus became the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:3-8; Gen 35:25; Gen 46:25; 1Ch 7:13). Her stepson Reuben afterward lay with her (Gen 35:22), B.C. cir. 1890, and thus incurred his father’s dying reproof (Gen 49:4).
2. (Sept. .) A place belonging to the tribe of Simeon (1Ch 4:29), called BALAH SEE BALAH (q.v.) in Jos 19:3; and it seems to be the same which is called BAALAH in Jos 15:29.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bilhah (2)
(Heb. Bilhah’, , faltering, i.e. perh. bashful),’ the name of a woman and of a place.
1. (Sept. ) The handmaid (Gen 29:29) whom the childless Rachel bestowed as a concubine upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. B.C. 191t. Bilhah thus became the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:3-8; Gen 35:25; Gen 46:25; 1Ch 7:13). Her stepson Reuben afterward lay with her (Gen 35:22), B.C. cir. 1890, and thus incurred his father’s dying reproof (Gen 49:4).
2. (Sept. .) A place belonging to the tribe of Simeon (1Ch 4:29), called BALAH SEE BALAH (q.v.) in Jos 19:3; and it seems to be the same which is called BAALAH in Jos 15:29.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bilhah
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.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Bilhah
1. Rachel’s handmaid (Gen 29:29). Rachel having no children gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob, who by the latter had two sons, Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:1-8; Gen 35:25; Gen 46:25; 1Ch 7:13). Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, defiled her, and was therefore deprived of the birthright, which was given to the sons of Joseph (Gen 35:22; Gen 49:4; 1Ch 5:1). Blunt says, so vivid was the desire for the promised Redeemer, that “the wife provoked, instead of resenting, the faithlessness of her husband, the mother taught her own child deceit, daughters deliberately worked their own and their fathers’ shame, and the daughter-in-law courted the incestuous bed, and to be childless was a by-word” (Gen 16:2; Gen 30:3; Gen 30:9; Gen 25:23; Gen 27:13; Gen 19:31; Gen 38:14).
2. A Simeonite town (1Ch 4:29), named also Baalah or Balah (Jos 19:3).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Bilhah
BILHAH.1. A slave-girl given to Rachel by Laban (Gen 29:29 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )), and by her to Jacob as a concubine (Gen 30:3-4 (JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] )); the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:4; Gen 30:7 (JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] ) Gen 35:25 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) Gen 46:25 (R [Note: Redactor.] ), 1Ch 7:13). She was guilty of incest with Reuben (Gen 35:22 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )). The etymology is uncertain. These narratives and genealogies probably embody early traditions as to the origin and mutual relations of the tribes, rather than personal history. Tribes are traced to a concubine ancestress, because they were a late accession to Israel. 2. A Simeonite city (1Ch 4:29) = Baalah (Jos 15:29), Balah (Jos 19:3), and, according to some, Baalath (Jos 19:44, 1Ki 9:18, 2Ch 8:6). Site uncertain.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Bilhah (1)
bilha (person) (, bilhah; , Balla): A slave girl whom Laban gave to Rachel (Gen 29:29), and whom the latter gave to Jacob as a concubine (Gen 30:3, Gen 30:4); the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:4, Gen 30:7; Gen 35:25; Gen 46:25; 1Ch 7:13); guilty of incest with Reuben (Gen 35:22).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bilhah (2)
bilha (place) (, bilhah; Codex Alexandrinus, , Balaa; Codex Vaticanus, , Abella): A city in Simeon (1Ch 4:29) = Baalah (Jos 15:29), Balah (Jos 19:3), and Baalath (Jos 19:44). Unidentified.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bilhah
Bilhah, the handmaid whom the childless Rachel bestowed upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. Bilhah became the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:1-8).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Bilhah
[Bil’hah]
1. Handmaid of Rachel, and mother of Dan and Naphtali. Gen 29:29; Gen 30:3-7; Gen 35:22; Gen 35:25; Gen 37:2; Gen 46:25.
2. Town in Simeon, 1Ch 4:29: the same as BALAH in Jos 19:3. See BAALAH.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Bilhah
H1090
1. Rachel’s servant
– Bears children by Jacob
Gen 29:29; Gen 30:3-4; Gen 37:2
– Mother of Dan and Naphtali
Gen 30:1-8; Gen 35:25; Gen 46:23-25
– Reuben’s incest with
Gen 35:22; Gen 49:4
2. A place in the land of Simeon
– General references
1Ch 4:29
– Called Balah
Jos 19:3
– Called Baalah
Jos 15:29
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Bilhah
Bil’hah. (timid, bashful). Handmaid of Rachel, Gen 29:29, and concubine of Jacob, to whom she bore Dan and Naphtali. Gen 30:3-8; Gen 35:25; Gen 46:25; 1Ch 7:13. (B.C 53).
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Bilhah
Rachel’s handmaid, given by her to Jacob her husband, as a concubinary wife, that, through her she might have a son, Gen 30:3-4, &c. See BARRENNESS.