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These were the sons of Bilhah, the servant given to Rachel by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Bilhah was seven. The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants who went with him to Egypt, not counting his sons’ wives, was sixty-six. In addition, Joseph had two sons who were born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy members of Jacob’s family in the ...
When Rachel failed to have children, Rachel gave Bilhah to Jacob like a wife to bear him children. [2] Bilhah gave birth to two sons, whom Rachel claimed as her own and named Dan and Naphtali. [3] Genesis 35:22 expressly calls Bilhah Jacob's concubine, a pilegesh.
Jan 4, 2022 · Rachel considered Bilhah’s boys to be her own children. Having authority as their mother, Rachel was the one to name them (Genesis 30:4–8). Later, after Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin, Jacob’s oldest son, Reuben, slept with Bilhah; his was an incestuous act, since Bilhah was his father’s concubine (Genesis 35:22).
The plan succeeds, so that when Bilhah’s son is born, Rachel names him, an act expressing her maternal authority. The child’s name, Dan, means “he judged” and indicates Rachel’s relationship to the boy: she claims that “God has judged me [Hebrew dananni ] and has also heard my voice and given me a son” (Gen 30:6).
Jan 27, 2024 · The names of the sons born to Bilhah as Jacob’s surrogate wife are significant. Rachel named the first son Dan, saying “God has vindicated me” (Genesis 30:6). The second son Rachel named Naphtali, saying “I have struggled mightily with my sister, and I have indeed won” (Genesis 30:8).
Interestingly, these two sons, though born by a servant, were counted among Jacob's twelve sons right alongside the eventual biological children of Rachel and Jacob's other wife Leah. When the Bible recorded Jacob's seventy descendants who entered Egypt under Joseph's protection, Bilhah is listed as responsible for seven of them (Genesis 46:25 ...
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These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel—seven in all. New Living Translation These were the sons of Bilhah, the servant given to Rachel by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Bilhah was seven. English Standard Version
