And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob the second son.

Then Rachel said, With [a]excellent wrestlings have I [b]wrestled with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand: and she called his name, Naphtali.

And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:8 Hebrew, wrestlings of God.
  2. Genesis 30:8 The arrogancy of man’s nature appeareth in that she contemneth her sister, after she hath received this benefit of God to bear children.

Rachel’s servant Bilhah(A) conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”(B) So she named him Naphtali.[a](C)

When Leah(D) saw that she had stopped having children,(E) she took her servant Zilpah(F) and gave her to Jacob as a wife.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.