Genesis 30:8

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:24(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Genesis 46:24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

Exodus 9:28Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.'

1 Samuel 14:15And there was a trembling in the camp in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked; so it grew into a terror 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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