Genesis 35:25
in Genesis 35The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
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ASV
and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;
KJV
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
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This verse in Genesis 35
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Reuben the firstborn of Jacob
on Genesis 35:23-26
The twelve are listed together for the first time, grouped by their four mothers, and Reuben still carries the title firstborn of Jacob one verse after verse 22. The list keeps the rank while the birthright has gone, and the closing line says they were born in Paddan-aram, which holds for eleven. Benjamin was born on the road.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
And the sons of Bilhah,.... Then Bilhah's sons, who was Rachel's handmaid, and these were two, Dan and Naphtali.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֤י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בִלְהָה֙ | vilhah | Bilhah | H1090 → | 11 times |
| שִׁפְחַ֣ת | shifchat | [the] maidservant of | H8198 → | 63 times |
| רָחֵ֔ל | rachel | Rachel | H7354 → | 47 times |
| דָּ֖ן | dan | Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
| וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃ | venaftali | and Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
וּבְנֵ֤יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
בִלְהָה֙Bilhah
vilhahH1090 →11 times
שִׁפְחַ֣ת[the] maidservant of
shifchatH8198 →63 times
רָחֵ֔לRachel
rachelH7354 →47 times
דָּ֖ןDan
danH1835 →70 times
וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃and Naphtali
venaftaliH5321 →51 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 37:2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father…
it leads to
- Genesis 35:25–26
The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- 1 Samuel 2:22–24
Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of…
- 1 Corinthians 11:18
First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
- Genesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- Genesis 35:25–26
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
