New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 30:3-13

3She said, “1Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may 2bear on my knees, that 3 4through her I too may have children.” 4So 5she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6Then Rachel said, “God has 6 7vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she named him 8Dan. 7Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8So Rachel said, “With 9mighty wrestlings I have 10wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali.

9When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11Then Leah said, “11How fortunate!” So she named him 12Gad. 12Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13Then Leah said, “13Happy am I! For women 14will call me happy.” So she named him 15Asher.

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Notes

1. Genesis 30:3 Gen 16:2 ↩
2. Genesis 30:3 Gen 50:23; Job 3:12 ↩
3. Genesis 30:3 Lit from her I too may be built ↩
4. Genesis 30:3 Gen 16:2 ↩
5. Genesis 30:4 Gen 16:3, 4 ↩
6. Genesis 30:6 Lit judged ↩
7. Genesis 30:6 Ps 35:24; 43:1; Lam 3:59 ↩
8. Genesis 30:6 I.e. He judged ↩
9. Genesis 30:8 Lit wrestlings of God ↩
10. Genesis 30:8 Heb niphtal, related to Naphtali ↩
11. Genesis 30:11 Lit With fortune! Some versions read Fortune has come ↩
12. Genesis 30:11 I.e. Fortune ↩
13. Genesis 30:13 Lit With my happiness! ↩
14. Genesis 30:13 Luke 1:48 ↩
15. Genesis 30:13 I.e. happy ↩

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