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<category>Sexual Desire
 
<category>Sexual Desire
 
<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>, ?? 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>, ?? in <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>
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<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>,&#160; 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>
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<point><b>"וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֶת בִּלְהָה"</b> – These sources read this phrase simply to mean that Reuven had relations with Bilhah.</point>
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<point><b>וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר</b></point>
 
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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>
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<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>,&#160;<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>,&#160;<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 12:53, 1 November 2017

Reuven and Bilhah

Exegetical Approaches

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Sexual Desire

Reuven's relations with Bilhah were motivated by sexual desire.

"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