Bible People

Jacob’s Sons Born to Bilhah and Zilpah After Jacob had fathered six sons by his wife Leah, Rachel gave her servant Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and Leah gave her servant Zilpah to be married to Jacob as well. Each servant bore Jacob two sons. Dan was Jacob’s fifth son and the first son born…

After Jacob had fathered six sons by Leah, two by Rachel’s servant Bilhah, and two by Leah’s servant Zilpah (10 sons total, up to this point), Jacob’s most beloved wife Rachel also conceived and bore two more children to Jacob. The Bible says, “God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb. She…

A synagogue leader named Jairus met Jesus by the Sea of Galilee and pled with him to heal his 12-year-old daughter, who was dying. As they made their way to Jairus’s home, a large crowd followed. On the way, a woman who touched Jesus’ robe was healed of a bleeding problem she’d had for 12…

In Mark 1:16-20 (see also Matt. 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11), Mark indicated that in the earliest days of Jesus’ ministry, Jesus was near the Sea of Galilee and saw Simon and Andrew, two brothers who were fishermen. Jesus invited them to follow Him, and right away they did so. Then, walking “on a little farther, He…

Joseph was the first son of Rachel, whom Jacob loved more than all his other wives. Since Jacob already had fathered 10 other sons, Joseph was his eleventh son. Benjamin later would be born to Jacob and Rachel, but sadly, Rachel would die giving birth to him (see Gen. 35:16-20). Jacob “loved Joseph more than…