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<p>Reuven's relations with Bilhah were motivated by sexual desire.</p> | <p>Reuven's relations with Bilhah were motivated by sexual desire.</p> | ||
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="Jubilees33" data-aht="source">Jubilees</a><a href="Jubilees33" data-aht="source">33</a><a href="Jubilees" data-aht="parshan">About Jubilees</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven1" data-aht="source">Testaments of the Patriarchs</a><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven1" data-aht="source">Reuven 1</a><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven3" data-aht="source">Reuven 3</a><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven4" data-aht="source">Reuven 4</a><a href="Testaments of the Patriarchs" data-aht="parshan">About Testaments of the Patriarchs</a></multilink>, | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="Jubilees33" data-aht="source">Jubilees</a><a href="Jubilees33" data-aht="source">33</a><a href="Jubilees" data-aht="parshan">About Jubilees</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven1" data-aht="source">Testaments of the Patriarchs</a><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven1" data-aht="source">Reuven 1</a><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven3" data-aht="source">Reuven 3</a><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsReuven4" data-aht="source">Reuven 4</a><a href="Testaments of the Patriarchs" data-aht="parshan">About Testaments of the Patriarchs</a></multilink>,  R. Eliezer and R. Yehoshua in <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="BereshitRabbah87-5" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah</a><a href="BereshitRabbah87-5" data-aht="source">87:5</a><a href="BereshitRabbah98-4" data-aht="source">98:4</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshitThirdCommentary35-22" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitThirdCommentary35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit Third Commentary 35:22</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitThirdCommentary49-3-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit Third Commentary 49:3-4</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit49-3-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:3-4</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="RadakBereshit49-3-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:3-4</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaParashah35-22" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot49-3-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit Beur HaMilot 49:3-4</a><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaParashah35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit Beur HaParashah 35:22</a><a href="RalbagBereshitToalot35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit Toalot 35:22</a><a href="RalbagBereshitToalot49-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit Toalot 49:4</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink></mekorot> |
| + | <point><b>"וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֶת בִּלְהָה"</b> – These sources read this phrase simply to mean that Reuven had relations with Bilhah.</point> | ||
| + | <point><b>וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר</b></point> | ||
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<category>Power Play | <category>Power Play | ||
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<category>Concern for Mother's Honor | <category>Concern for Mother's Honor | ||
<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> | + | <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="BereshitRabbah98-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah</a><a href="BereshitRabbah87-5" data-aht="source">87:5</a><a href="BereshitRabbah98-4" data-aht="source">98:4</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="Targum Pseudo-Jonathan" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</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 13:53, 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, R. Eliezer and R. Yehoshua in Bavli Shabbat, Bereshit Rabbah, Ibn Ezra, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Radak, Ralbag
"וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֶת בִּלְהָה" – These sources read this phrase simply to mean that Reuven had relations with Bilhah.
וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר
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.
