Bilhah and Zilpah were concubines of Jacob, not his wives. They were given to Jacob by his wives Leah and Rachel to bear children on their behalf.
Rachel and Leah were Jacob's wives (he also had children by Zilpah and Bilhah).
In the Old Testament, Jacob's wives are Leah and Rachel. He also had two additional wives, Bilhah and Zilpah, who were handmaids of Leah and Rachel.
Jacob's wives were Leah and Rachel. He also had two additional wives, Bilhah and Zilpah, who were handmaids of Leah and Rachel.
Yes. Jacob had four wives. Jacob married Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah.
Avraham (Abraham) - Sarah, Hagar, Keturah (some say the latter two were the same person) Yitzchak (Isaac) - Rivkah (Rebecca) Yaakov (Jacob) - Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, Zilpah
Read Genesis 29 - 30, Jacob had four wives Leah and Rachel, as well as their handmaidsRachel-Genesis 303 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.Leah - Genesis 309 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Solomon had the most- 700 wives and 300 concubines (mistresses).
Jacob/Israel married sisters, his first cousins by Leah - Reuben, Simeon, Levi (the ancestor of Moses), Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah by Bilhah, Rachel's servant - Dan, Naphtali by Zilpah, Leah's servant - Gad, Asher by Rachel - Joseph, Benjamin (she died in childbirth)
The honor goes to King Solomon; if the biblical record is to be believed, he had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. (1 Kings 11:1-3) And he came to have seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives gradually inclined his heart.
Solomon in the Bible had 700 wives and 300 concubines. That could be the record.
sevenKing David had eight wives and at least ten concubines. His wives are listed in 2 Samuel 3:2-5, but the list is missing two wives - the first one, Michal, and the last one, Bathsheba. Their names in order are:MichalAhinoamAbigailMaacahHaggithAbitalEglahBathsheba2 Samuel 5:13-15 says that David took more wives and concubines in Jerusalem, but doesn't list how many, only names the sons born to him there. In a later passage, we are told of ten concubines whom his son Absalom defiled, so at the very least, David had eight wives and ten concubines - probably more.