Genesis 30:6

Rachel said, “God has judged me and has also heard my voice and has given me a son.” So she called his name Dan.

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And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

In Context

5When Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son,

7Bilhah, Rachel’s slave-girl conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:32So Leah gave birth to a son whom she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has seen my affliction; now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 46:23The sons of Dan: Hashum.

Psalms 35:24You are just, Lord: win for me justice, let them not rejoice over me,

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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