Genesis 30:8

For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

In Context

7And again Bala conceived and bore another,

9Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:24He remained alone: and behold a man wrestled with him till morning.

Genesis 46:24The sons of Nephtali: Jaziel and Guni and Jeser and Sallem.

Exodus 9:28Pray ye to the Lord, that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that you may stay here no longer.

1 Samuel 14:15And there was a miracle in the camp, through the fields: yea and all the people of their garrison, who had gone out to plunder, were amazed, and the earth trembled: and it happened as a miracle from God.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:2-14

Increase of Jacob's Family. ( b. c. 1745.) 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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