Dictionary entry

Bilhah (1)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bil'-ha (person) (bilhah; Balla): A slave girl whom Laban gave to Rachel (Ge 29:29), and whom the latter gave to Jacob as a concubine (Ge 30:3,4); the mother of Da and Naphtali (Ge 30:4,7;35:25;46:25;1Ch 7:13); guilty of incest with Reuben (Ge 35:22).