Genesis 30
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Genesis 30:1-8

1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

3Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me,1 so that through her I too can build a family.”

4So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her, 5and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son. 6Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.2

7And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.3

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 30:3 Literally bear children on my knees ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 30:6 Dan means He has judged or He has vindicated. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling. ↩

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