Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

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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 maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

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

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Cross References

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

Genesis 46:24And the sons of Naphtali: Yachzeel, and Guni, and Yezer, and Shillem.

Exodus 9:28Entreat the Lord that there may be no more of the thunders of God, and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall no longer stay here.

1 Samuel 14:15And there arose a terror in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the outposts, and the free-booters, they also were terrified, and the earth quaked; and it became a very great terror.

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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