Genesis 30:8 “Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sist…”

Genesis 30:8

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Rahel said, with excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister, and haue gotten the vpper hande: and shee called his name, Naphtali.

Darby Translation

And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

Young's Literal Translation

and Rachel saith, 'With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.

Bible in Basic English

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

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Cross references

“great wrestlings”

Genesis 23:6 Exodus 9:28 1 Samuel 14:15 Genesis 32:24

Genesis 23:6 · BSB

“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

Exodus 9:28 · BSB

Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

1 Samuel 14:15 · BSB

Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.

Genesis 32:24 · BSB

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

“and she”

Genesis 49:21 Genesis 35:25 Genesis 46:24 Deuteronomy 33:23

Genesis 49:21 · BSB

Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

Genesis 35:25 · BSB

The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

Genesis 46:24 · BSB

The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

Deuteronomy 33:23 · BSB

Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

“Naphtali”

Matthew 4:13 Genesis 32:25

Matthew 4:13 · BSB

Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Genesis 32:25 · BSB

When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

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