aSee ch. 30:3-7
Genesis 29:29
29(Laban gave ahis female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)Genesis 30:3-8
3Then she said, “Here is my servant bBilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth con my behalf, ▼▼Hebrew on my knees
that even I may have children ▼▼Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children
through her.” 4So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6Then Rachel said, “God has fjudged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. ▼ 7Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings ▼▼Hebrew With wrestlings of God
I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name iNaphtali. ▼▼ Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling
Genesis 35:22
22While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and klay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it.Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Genesis 35:25
25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali.Exodus 1:2
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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