Parallel Verses
Webster
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: 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.
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.
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.
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 bore Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife.
Cross References
Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Matthew 4:13
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim;
Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Genesis 32:24-25
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him, until the breaking of the day.
Genesis 35:25
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Genesis 46:24
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
Exodus 9:28
Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
Deuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
1 Samuel 14:15
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.