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<p>Reuven prevented his father from having relations with Bilhah but did not sleep with her himself. He was motivated by concern for his mother's honor.</p> | <p>Reuven prevented his father from having relations with Bilhah but did not sleep with her himself. He was motivated by concern for his mother's honor.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="BavliShabbat55b" data-aht="source">Bavli Shabbat</a><a href="BavliShabbat55b" data-aht="source">Shabbat 55b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="RashiBereshit49-3-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:3-4</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="NetzivBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="NetzivBereshit49-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:4</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
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Version as of 12:06, 1 November 2017
Reuven and Bilhah
Exegetical Approaches
Sexual Desire
Reuven's relations with Bilhah were motivated by sexual desire.
Sources:Jubilees, Testaments of the Patriarchs, ?? in Bavli Shabbat, ?? in Bereshit Rabbah, Ibn Ezra, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Radak, Ralbag
Power Play
Reuven's deed was a power play, intended to protect Reuven's status as first born.
Concern for Mother's Honor
Reuven prevented his father from having relations with Bilhah but did not sleep with her himself. He was motivated by concern for his mother's honor.
