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Genesis 30:6-8
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6 Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; indeed he has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.[a] 7 Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore a second son for Jacob, 8 and Rachel said, “I have wrestled strenuously with my sister, and I have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali.[b]

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  1. 30:6 Dan: explained by the term dannanni, “he has vindicated me.”
  2. 30:8 Naphtali: explained by the Hebrew term naftulim, lit., “contest” or “struggle.”
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