Genesis 30:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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.[a]
9 When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear children, she took her maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as wife.
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- 30:8 Naphtali: explained by the Hebrew term naftulim, lit., “contest” or “struggle.”
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