14. GENEALOGY:
In one of the large volumes publishing the DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDAEAN DESERT XXXII, QUMRAN CAVE 4 XVII, p. 77 there is a summary of the Genealogy of Bilhah, of importance to LDS as it provides details of the relationship to Jacob because she was a wife and provided him sons. If you recall Rebecca had a nurse, her name was DEBORAH. Rebecca married Isaac. Rotheus was the brother of Deborah. Rotheus married a servant of Laban called Hannah. Rotheus and Hannah had two daughters, the first was Bilhah, she married Isaac and bore him two sons: Dan and Naphtali. The second was Zilpah, also one of the wives of Isaac, she bore Isaac two sons: Gad and Asher. It was Bilhah, who engaged in adultery with Ruben. Ruben forfeited his right to the blessings of the firstborn, and Ephraim took his place. The LDS preoccupation with Ephraim, his origins and blessings is well known.