Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him 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.
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
'elohiym
Yakol
Qara'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 30:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Children
7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Cross References
Genesis 49:21
"Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
Matthew 4:13
And leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Genesis 23:6
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."
Genesis 32:24-25
Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
Genesis 35:25
The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 46:24
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
Exodus 9:28
Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
Deuteronomy 33:23
Of Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD, Possess the west and the south."
1 Samuel 14:15
There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.