Genesis 30:8

Genesis 30:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed." So she called his name Naphtali.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.

Context of Genesis 30:8

6Then Rachel said, “God has judged and vindicated me, and has heard my plea and has given me a son [through my maid].” So she named him Dan (He judged). 7Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob. So Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings [in prayer to God] I have struggled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali (my wrestlings). 9When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing [children], she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a [secondary] wife. 10Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave birth to a son for Jacob.

Genesis 30:8 word by word

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים׀ נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי עִם־אֲחֹתִ֖י גַּם־יָכֹ֑לְתִּי וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ נַפְתָּלִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Rachelרָחֵלrâchêl · RachelH7354
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• With greatאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• wrestlingsנַפְתּוּלִיםnaphtûl · wrestlingH5319
• have I wrestledפָּתַלpâthal · to twistH6617
• with my sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• and I have prevailedיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• and she calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaphtâlîy · NaphtaliH5321

Cross-references for Genesis 30:8

• Genesis 23:6“Listen to us, my lord; you are a prince of God [a mighty prince] among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave or hinder you from burying your dead [wife].”
• Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left alone, and a Man [came and] wrestled with him until daybreak.
• Exodus 9:28Pray and entreat the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; I will let you go, and you shall stay here no longer.”
• 1 Samuel 14:15And there was trembling in the [Philistine] camp, in the field, and among all the people; even the garrison and the raiding party trembled [in fear], and the earth quaked and it became a trembling and terror from God.
• Genesis 35:25and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali;
• Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
• Genesis 49:21“Naphtali is a doe let loose, [a swift warrior,] Which yields branched antlers (eloquent words).
• Deuteronomy 33:23Of Naphtali he said, “O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full of the blessing of the Lord, Take possession of the sea [of Galilee] and the south.”
• Matthew 4:13And leaving Nazareth, He went and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Commentaries on Genesis 30:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8She called his name Naphtali - נפתלי naphtali, my wrestling, according to the common mode of interpretation; but it is more likely that the root פתל pathal signifies to twist or entwine. Hence Mr. Parkhurst translates the verse, "By the twistings - agency or operation, of God, I am entwisted with my sister; that is, my family is now entwined or interwoven with my sister's family, and has a chance of producing the promised Seed." The Septuagint, Aquila…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-43Verses 1-43 - Jacob‘s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād “in victory or” =גד בא bā' gād “victory cometh.” גוּד gûd “press down.” גדוּד gedûd “troop.” 13. אשׁר 'ǎashēr Asher, “prosperity, happiness.” 18. ישׂשכר yı̂śāskār Jissakar, “reward.” The second Hebrew letter (ש s ) seems to have been merely a full mode of writing the word, instead of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The name Naphtali is related to the phrase In my great struggles. In Hebrew, the phrase is naptule ’elohim niptalti, which means “I have struggled the struggles of God.”Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-93-9. Bilhah ... Zilpah--Following the example of Sarah with regard to Hagar, an example which is not seldom imitated still, she adopted the children of her maid. Leah took the same course. A bitter and intense rivalry existed between them, all the more from their close relationship as sisters; and although they occupied separate apartments, with their families, as is the uniform custom where a plurality of wives obtains, and the husband and father spends…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 30:8

• Bilhah
• Emulation
• Family
• Jacob
• Naphtali
• Polygamy
• Rachel
• Wrestling

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Genesis 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings