Genesis 30:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob the second son.
8 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.
9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
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- Genesis 30:8 Hebrew, wrestlings of God.
- 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.
Genesis 30:7-9
New International Version
7 Rachel’s servant Bilhah(A) conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”(B) So she named him Naphtali.[a](C)
9 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)
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.
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