International Standard Bible Encyclopedia BILHAH (1) bil'-ha (person) (bilhah; Balla): A slave girl whom Laban gave to Rachel (Genesis 29:29), and whom the latter gave to Jacob as a concubine (Genesis 30:3, 4); the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:4, 7; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:25 1 Chronicles 7:13); guilty of incest with Reuben (Genesis 35:22). BILHAH (2) bil'-ha (place) (bilhah; Codex Alexandrinus, Balaa; Codex Vaticanus, Abella): A city in Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:29) = Baalah (Joshua 15:29), Balah (Joshua 19:3), and Baalath (Joshua 19:44). Unidentified.
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