Dictionaries :: Bilhah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Bilhah:

Bilhan, who is old or confused

Nave's Topical Bible

Bilhah: 1. Rachael's Servant

Bears children by Jacob,

Gen 29:29; 30:3, 4; 37:2.

Mother of Dan and Naphtali,

Gen 30:1-8; 35:25; 46:23-25.

Reuben's incest with,

Gen 35:22; 49:4.

Bilhah: 2. A Place in the Land of Simeon

1Ch 4:29

Called BALAH,

Jos 19:3;

and BAALAH,

Jos 15:29.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bilhah:

(timid, bashful) handmaid of Rachel (Genesis 29:29) and concubine of Jacob, to whom she bore Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:3-8; 35:25; 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13). (B.C. 53)