Bilhah
Americannoun
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Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, the late civil rights leader, to unveil a plaque at Harvard’s Wadsworth House that commemorates four enslaved people — named Titus, Venus, Juba and Bilhah — who lived there in the 18th century and worked for two Harvard presidents.
From Washington Post
Because of her infertility, she offers him a proxy, Bilhah, her female slave or “handmaid.”
From Salon
Bilhah gets pregnant and produces a son, Rachel’s son by the rules governing their lives.
From Salon
After Bilhah bears a second baby—as you may have guessed, also a son—Rachel crows, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed!”
From Salon
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
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