Old Testament · Major figure
Bilhah
Rachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
Bilhah was given to Rachel by Laban and later offered to Jacob as a wife to secure children for Rachel. She bore two of the twelve patriarchs of Israel, Dan and Naphtali. Her life reflects the complex family dynamics and the fulfillment of God's promise to multiply Jacob's descendants.
In the text
- Verses
- 11
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Genesis 29:29
- Last appears
- 1 Chronicles 7:13
Where Bilhah appears
11 verses · 7 chaptersIn the same books
- Ham11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became the ancestor of various nations.
- Japheth11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became a patriarch of the nations.
- Anah10 versesA Horite leader and son of Zibeon whose daughter Oholibamah became a wife of Esau.
- Bethuel10 versesThe son of Nahor and Milcah, father of Rebekah and Laban, and nephew of Abraham.
- Put2 versesA son of Ham and progenitor of a North African people group often associated with ancient Libya.
- Esau57 versesThe elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, and the progenitor of the Edomite nation.
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