Bilhah
Americannoun
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“We know the names of the four: Venus, Bilhah, Titus, and Juba, two women and two men.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
The Handmaid designation refers to the biblical story of Rachel and her servant Bilhah, who had children with Rachel’s husband Jacob because Rachel was barren.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2017
Bilhah & Zilpah: because we gave birth to 4 of the 12 tribes and most don't know our names.
From Time ● May 28, 2014
He approached the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, and sought to accomplish through them what had failed with Simon and Levi.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Henrietta Szold
The sons of Jacob and Bilhah, servant to Rachel, are these: Dan, sight of pain to come; and Naphtali, sight of joy to come.
From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Edmund Garratt Gardner
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