Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Naphtali.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.

9And Leah saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:24And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.

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

Exodus 9:28Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and ye shall remain no longer.

1 Samuel 14:15And there was dismay in the camp, and in the field; and all the people in Messab, and the spoilers were amazed; and they would not act, and the land was terror struck, and there was dismay from the Lord.

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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