Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Rachel With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali.
New American Standard Bible
So Rachel said, “With
King James Version
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Holman Bible
Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God,
International Standard Version
so Rachel said, "I've been through a mighty struggle with my sister and won." She named him Naphtali.
A Conservative Version
And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.
American Standard Version
And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Amplified
So Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings [in prayer to God] I have struggled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali (my wrestlings).
Bible in Basic English
And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.
Darby Translation
And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
Julia Smith Translation
And Rachel will say, The wrestlings of God I wrestled with my sister; also I was able. And she will call his name Naphtali.
King James 2000
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Rachel said, "I have struggled a mighty struggle with my sister and have prevailed." And she called his name Naphtali.
Modern King James verseion
And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Rachel said, "God is turned, and I have made a change with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand." And she called his name Naphtali.
NET Bible
Then Rachel said, "I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won." So she named him Naphtali.
New Heart English Bible
Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
Webster
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
World English Bible
Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Rachel saith, 'With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.
Themes
Bilhah » Rachael's servant » Mother of dan and naphtali
Emulation » Illustrated » In jacob's household
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of jacob, the bigamic jealousy between leah and rachel
Naphtali » Son of jacob and bilhah
The tribe of Naphtali » Descended from jacob's sixth son
Polygamy » Domestic unhappiness » In jacob's family
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 30:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Children
7 And Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare a second son to Jacob. 8 Then said Rachel With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali. 9 Then saw Leah, that she had left off bearing, - so she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
Cross References
Genesis 49:21
Naphtali, is a slender hind, - That putteth forth antlers of beauty. A fruitful bough, is Joseph,
Matthew 4:13
and, forsaking Nazareth, he came and fixed his dwelling in Capernaum, which was by the lake, - within the bounds of Zebulun and Naphtali:
Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead, - Not, a man from among us his, burying-place, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.
Genesis 32:24-25
And Jacob was left alone, - and there wrestled a man with him, until the uprisings of the dawn.
Genesis 35:25
And the sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel, Dan, and Naphtali:
Genesis 46:24
And the sons of Naphtali, - Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.
Exodus 9:28
Make ye request unto Yahweh, and it shall be enough without there being any more thunderings of God, and hail, - and I must a let you go, and not again shall ye delay.
Deuteronomy 33:23
And, of Naphtali, he said, O Naphtali! satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of Yahweh, - The west and the sunny south, do thou possess.
1 Samuel 14:15
And there came to be a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the outposts and the spoilers, they too, trembled, - and the earth quaked, so it became a preternatural trembling.