KJV 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.
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Genesis 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
WEB World English Bible
Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
ASV American Standard Version
And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 30
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.
10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayרָחֵ֗לH7354 · ra.chelRachelנַפְתּוּלֵ֨יH5319 · naph.tulwrestlingאֱלֹהִ֧ים׀H430 · e.lo.himGodנִפְתַּ֛לְתִּיH6617 · pa.talto twistעִם־H5973 · imwithאֲחֹתִ֖יH269 · a.chotsisterגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoיָכֹ֑לְתִּיH3201 · ya.kholbe ableוַתִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameנַפְתָּלִֽי׃H5321 · naph.ta.liNaphtali
Cross-references
Genesis 32:24-25And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.Genesis 49:21Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.Matthew 4:13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:Genesis 23:6Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.Deuteronomy 33:23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.Genesis 46:24And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.1 Samuel 14:15And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.Exodus 9:28Intreat the LORD (for [it is] enough) that there be no [more] mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.Genesis 35:25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
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