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Bilhah

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 A city in Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:29) = Baalah (Joshua 15:29 ), Balah (Joshua 19:3 ), and Baalath (Joshua 19:44 ). Unidentified.

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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 adultery with her (Gen 35:22 ; 49:4). He was deprived of the birth-right, which was given to the sons of Joseph.

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary