Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God,[a] I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.[b]

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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  1. Genesis 30:8 Or With mighty wrestlings
  2. Genesis 30:8 In Hb, the name Naphtali sounds like “my wrestling.”

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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  1. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.