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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25329" /> ==
 
<p> (Heb. Bilhah', '''''בַּלְהָה''''' '', Faltering,'' i.e. perh. ''Bashful),''' the name of a woman and of a place. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. '''''Βαλλά''''' ) The handmaid (&nbsp;Genesis 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]] (&nbsp;Genesis 30:3-8; &nbsp;Genesis 35:25; &nbsp;Genesis 46:25; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:13). Her stepson [[Reuben]] afterward lay with her (&nbsp;Genesis 35:22), B.C. cir. 1890, and thus incurred his father's dying reproof (&nbsp;Genesis 49:4). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. '''''Βαλαά''''' .) A place belonging to the tribe of [[Simeon]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:29), called BALAH (See [[Balah]]) (q.v.) in &nbsp;Joshua 19:3; and it seems to be the same which is called [[Baalah]] in &nbsp;Joshua 15:29. </p>
Bilhah <ref name="term_1841" />
       
<p> ''''' bil´ha ''''' (person) ( בּלהה , <i> ''''' bilhāh ''''' </i> ; Βαλλά , <i> ''''' Ballá ''''' </i> ): A slave girl whom [[Laban]] gave to Rachel (&nbsp;Genesis 29:29 ), and whom the latter gave to Jacob as a concubine (&nbsp;Genesis 30:3 , &nbsp;Genesis 30:4 ); the mother of Dan and [[Naphtali]] (&nbsp;Genesis 30:4 , &nbsp;Genesis 30:7; &nbsp;Genesis 35:25; &nbsp;Genesis 46:25; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:13 ); guilty of incest with [[Reuben]] (&nbsp;Genesis 35:22 ). </p>
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1844" /> ==
 
<p> ''''' bil´ha ''''' (place) ( בּלהה , <i> ''''' bilhāh ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus, Βαλαά , <i> ''''' Balaá ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus, Ἀβελλά , <i> ''''' Abellá ''''' </i> ): A city in Simeon (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:29 ) = Baalah (&nbsp;Joshua 15:29 ), Balah (&nbsp;Joshua 19:3 ), and [[Baalath]] (&nbsp;Joshua 19:44 ). Unidentified. </p>
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<ref name="term_1841"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/bilhah+(1) Bilhah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_25329"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bilhah+(2) Bilhah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_1844"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/bilhah+(2) Bilhah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Bilhah [1]

bil´ha (person) ( בּלהה , bilhāh  ; Βαλλά , Ballá ): A slave girl whom Laban gave to Rachel ( Genesis 29:29 ), and whom the latter gave to Jacob as a concubine ( Genesis 30:3 ,  Genesis 30:4 ); the mother of Dan and Naphtali ( Genesis 30:4 ,  Genesis 30:7;  Genesis 35:25;  Genesis 46:25;  1 Chronicles 7:13 ); guilty of incest with Reuben ( Genesis 35:22 ).

References

  1. ↑ Bilhah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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