Bala

But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.

And she gave him Bala in marriage: who, when her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.

And again Bala conceived, and bore another, for whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.

And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of.

He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel, to whom her father gave Bala, for her servant.

Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father's wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.

Skyrocketing crude oil prices and the rising cost of living on the continent also threaten to increase inflation, says Bala Zakka, a petroleum engineer based in Lagos, Nigeria.