Genesis 30:8
Verse 8 of 43. The 30th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.
4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:8 in the World English Bible
Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.Read Genesis 30:8 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:8
She calls the next Naphtali (wrestlings), saying, I have wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed (v. 8); as if all Jacob's sons must be born men of contention. See what roots of bitterness envy and strife are, and what mischief they make among relations.
Read Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:1–13: Increase of Jacob's Family. (b. c. 1745.)
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