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Genesis 30:8

What does Genesis 30:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 30:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Rachel said, Wrestlings ofGod have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

Context

v.7And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

v.8This passage

v.9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 35:25

    and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;

  • Genesis 32:24

    And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

  • 1 Samuel 14:15

    And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.

  • Deuteronomy 33:23

    And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full with the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south.

  • Genesis 23:6

    Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.

  • Matthew 4:13

    and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:

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