Genesis 30:6

and Rachel said God hath vindicated me. Moreover also he hath hearkened unto my voice, and hath given me a son. For this cause, called she his name Dan.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

5and Bilhah conceived, and bare unto Jacob a son;

7And Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare a second son to Jacob.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:32So Leah conceived, and bare a son, and called his name Reuben,—for she said, Because, Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me.

Genesis 46:23And, the sons of Dan,—Hushim;

Deuteronomy 27:13and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal,—Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali.

Psalms 35:24Vindicate me according to thy righteousness, O Yahweh, my God! And let them not rejoice over me:

Jeremiah 13:2So I bought a girdle according to the word of Yahweh,—and put upon my loins.

Jeremiah 15:14Therefore will I make thee pass, with thine enemies into a land thou knowest not,—For, a fire, hath been kindled in mine anger Upon you, shall it burn.

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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