When did Reuben sleep with Bilhah?
Bilhah must have been very young when she bore her children, because Jacob’s eldest son Reuben (by Leah) has sex with her (Gen 35:22). What does the name Bilhah mean? Bilhah (בִּלְהָה “unworried”, Standard Hebrew Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew Bilhâ) is a woman mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Genesis 29:29 describes her as Laban’s handmaid,…