People — B
Biblical names starting with the letter B — click any entry to open its page when available.
15 names
Baal-Hanan
Biblical figure · Scripture
HebrewBibleBarabbas
Biblical figure · Scripture
HebrewBibleBasemath
Daughter of Elon the Hittite, called Adah in Genesis 36; wife of Esau and mother of Eliphaz
Genesis 26, 36Family lineBeeri
Hittite father of Judith
Genesis 26Family lineBela
First king of Edom listed before any Israelite king; his city was Dinhabah
Genesis 36Edomite kingBen-Ammi
Son of Lot's younger daughter; ancestor of Bene-Ammon
Genesis 19LineageBene-Ammon
People descended from Ben-Ammi
Genesis 19People groupBenjamin
Jacob and Rachel's youngest son who weeps with Joseph when he is revealed in Genesis 45 and receives three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes
Genesis 35, 43-45Patriarchal familyBera
King of Sodom in the war of Genesis 14
Genesis 14KingBethuel
Aramaean father of Rebekah and grandfather of Jacob, from Paddan-Aram
Genesis 22, 24-25, 28Family lineBezalel
Biblical figure · Scripture
HebrewBibleBilhah
Rachel's slave-girl and Jacob's concubine, mother of Dan and Naphtali; Reuben sleeps with her in Genesis 35
Genesis 29-30, 35ServantBirsha
King of Gomorrah in Genesis 14
Genesis 14KingBuz
Son of Nahor and Milcah; brother of Uz
Genesis 22Family lineChief Baker
Pharaoh's official whose tray dream Joseph interprets as death by hanging in Genesis 40
Genesis 40Egyptian official