KJV 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.
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Genesis 30:6
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
WEB World English Bible
Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore called she his name Dan.
ASV American Standard 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Rachel saith, ‘God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;’ therefore hath she called his name Dan.
Surrounding context — Genesis 30
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 Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 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.
7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayרָחֵל֙H7354 · ra.chelRachelדָּנַ֣נִּיH1777 · dinto judgeאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוְגַם֙H1571 · gamalsoשָׁמַ֣עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּקֹלִ֔יH6963 · qolvoiceוַיִּתֶּן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִ֖יH9030 · nimeבֵּ֑ןH1121 · benson: childעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֛ןH3651 · kenrightקָרְאָ֥הH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameדָּֽן׃H1835 · danDan
Cross-references
Lamentations 3:59O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.Psalm 35:24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.Psalm 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.Genesis 49:16-17Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.Genesis 46:23And the sons of Dan; Hushim.Jeremiah 13:2So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] on my loins.Genesis 29:32-35And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.Deuteronomy 33:22And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.Jeremiah 13:24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.Genesis 35:25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:Jeremiah 15:14-20And I will make [thee] to pass with thine enemies into a land [which] thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, [which] shall burn upon you.
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