Genesis 30:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.”
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“Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 30:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 23:6“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
- Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Genesis 35:25The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- Genesis 49:21Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
- Exodus 9:28Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
- Deuteronomy 33:23Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
- 1 Samuel 14:15Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.
- Matthew 4:13Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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