This document is about Bilhah (Jacob's wife). For other homonyms, please refer to the Bilhah document. [See Jacob's Family Tree] She was the wife of Jacob, Isaac's son. Originally Rachel's maidservant, she accompanied Jacob and Rachel when they married. When Rachel was unable to bear children for a long time, she sent Bilhah to Jacob instead, who bore two sons, Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 29:29He went in also to Rachel), and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.
Genesis 30:1Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”Genesis 30:2She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”Genesis 30:3She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.Genesis 30:4Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.Genesis 30:5Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.Genesis 30:6Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.Genesis 30:7Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.Genesis 30:8When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
1 Chronicles 7:13The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.
이후, 야곱의 장자 르우벤과 통간하였다.
Genesis 35:22The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.