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Genesis 35:25 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali. "

Genesis 35:25

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23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.

26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

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Bilhah

  • Dan Bilhah is the mother of Dan.
    Source: Genesis 35:25
    The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
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  • Naphtali Bilhah is the mother of Naphtali.
    Source: Genesis 35:25
    The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
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Dan

  • Jacob Jacob is the father of Dan.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:25
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
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    The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
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  • Bilhah Bilhah is the mother of Dan.
    Source: Genesis 35:25
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