Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 maid, conceived again; and bare Jacob another son. 8 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. 9 When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
Cross References
Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a swift hind, and giveth goodly words.
Matthew 4:13
and left Nazareth, and went and dwelt in Capernaum, which is a city upon the sea in the coasts of Zebulun and Naphtali:
Genesis 23:6
"Hear us, lord, thou art a prince of God among us. In the chiefest of our sepulchers bury thy dead: None of us shall forbid thee his sepulchre, that thou shouldest not bury thy dead therein."
Genesis 32:24-25
and tarried behind; himself alone. And there wrestled a man with him unto the breaking of the day.
Genesis 35:25
The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 46:24
The children Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.
Exodus 9:28
Pray ye unto the LORD, that the thunder of God and hail may cease, and I will let you go, and ye shall tarry no longer."
Deuteronomy 33:23
And unto Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, he shall have abundance of pleasure and shall be filled with the blessing of the LORD and shall have his possessions in the southwest."
1 Samuel 14:15
And there was a fear in the host that was in the field, and among all the people: insomuch that they that kept the hold, and they that were gone to rob, were afraid also: and the earth trembled and there was a fear sent of God.