Bilhah's Journey Map

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Laban gives Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her handmaid.
GEN.29.29

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

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Bilhah

Bilhah was the maid Laban gave Rachel, and the woman Rachel handed to Jacob when she could not conceive. She bore Dan and Naphtali, counted among the twelve tribes. Later Reuben lay with her, and Jacob remembered it on his deathbed.

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Journey Timeline

  1. Given to Rachelc. 1920 BC

    Haran

    Laban gives Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her handmaid.

    GEN 29:29

  2. Given to Jacobc. 1918 BC

    Haran

    Rachel, childless, gives Bilhah to Jacob so she may bear on her knees.

    GEN 30:3

  3. Danc. 1917 BC

    Haran

    Bilhah bears Dan; Rachel names him 'God has judged me'.

    GEN 30:6

  4. Naphtalic. 1916 BC

    Haran

    Bilhah bears Naphtali, and Rachel calls it her wrestling.

    GEN 30:8

  5. Reuben's sinc. 1890 BC

    Reuben lies with Bilhah, and Israel hears of it.

    GEN 35:22

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