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Reuben and his brothers by Colijn de Coter, ca. 1500, fragment of a painting in the National Museum in Warsaw. In the Book of Genesis, Reuben is briefly described as having had sexual activity with Bilhah, his stepmother's maid and father's concubine in 35:22. On his deathbed, Jacob declares that Reuben "will no longer excel, for you went up ...
Bilhah (בִּלְהָה "unworried", Standard Hebrew: Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew: Bīlhā) is a woman mentioned in the Book of Genesis. [1] Genesis 29:29 describes her as Laban 's handmaiden ( שִׁפְחָה ), who was given to Rachel to be her handmaid on Rachel's marriage to Jacob .
Jacob's firstborn son Reuben had sex with his father's concubine Bilhah. [10] Judah, Jacob's fourth son, mistook his daughter-in-law Tamar for a prostitute while she was veiled, and had sex with her. [11] Amram married his paternal aunt Jochebed, the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. [12] However, according to the Septuagint, she was his ...
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The Testament of Reuben is predominantly concerned with admonishing lust, and the sinfulness of Reuben in his having had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, a concubine of his father. It is likely that the author wished to cover the topic of fornication anyway, and assigned it for Reuben to discuss due to Reuben's relationship with Bilhah being ...
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God opened Leah's womb and she gave birth to four sons rapidly: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. Rachel, however, remained barren. Following the example of Sarah, who gave her handmaid to Abraham after years of infertility, Rachel gave her handmaid Bilhah to Jacob so that Rachel could raise children through her. Bilhah gave birth to Dan and ...