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Reuven and Bilhah
Introduction
The Torah discusses Reuven's actions with Bilhah in but half a verse, revealing almost nothing of the incident:
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וַיְהִי בִּשְׁכֹּן יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָרֶץ הַהִוא וַיֵּלֶךְ רְאוּבֵן וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֶת בִּלְהָה פִּילֶגֶשׁ אָבִיו וַיִּשְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר.
And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
The verse reveals almost nothing of the incident, sharing but the barest of facts: that Reuven had relations with his father's concubine It tells nothing of Reuven's motives nor does it share what Yaakov did after hearing of the fact.
