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

6Rachel said, ‘God has shown that I am right. He has listened to me and he has given a son to me.’ Because of this, she called the boy Dan. 7Rachel's servant Bilhah became pregnant again. She gave birth to another son for Jacob. Rachel said, ‘I have fought with my sister and I have won.’ She called this son Naphtali. 9Leah saw that she had stopped having children. So she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. 10Zilpah became pregnant and she 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‘Sir, please listen to what we say. We respect you as a great and powerful person. We have good places where we bury our people who have died. Choose the best one that you like. None of us will refuse to give you the place that you choose. Then you will be able to bury your dead wife there.’
• Genesis 32:24Then Jacob was alone. A man came and fought with him for a long time. They continued until dawn.
• Exodus 9:28The storms with the thunder and the hail are too much for us! Pray to the Lord to take them away. Then I will let you go! You do not need to stay any longer in Egypt.’
• 1 Samuel 14:15All the other soldiers in the Philistine army then became very afraid. This included the soldiers in the camp, those in the fields, those who were guards, and the groups who were attacking other towns. Even the ground shook because God had made them all very afraid.
• Genesis 35:25The sons of Rachel's servant, Bilhah, were Dan and Naphtali.
• Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.
• Genesis 49:21Naphtali is like a deer that runs freely and gives birth to beautiful babies.
• Deuteronomy 33:23I pray this for the tribe of Naphtali: The Lord has blessed Naphtali's tribe very much. He has been very kind to them. Land in the west and in the south will belong to them.
• Matthew 4:13But he did not stay in Nazareth. He went to live in Capernaum, which is a town on the shore of Lake Galilee. It was in the part of Israel called 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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• Concubine
• Happy
• Reproach

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