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Person

Naphtali

Also called Nephthalim

Mentioned in 49 verses across 14 books, first in Exodus 1:4. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Gender

Male

Ussher–Jones reckoning

born c. 1754 BC

F. N. Jones’s Ussher-style chronology, used by Theographic: one of several traditional counts, added up from the ages and reigns in the Hebrew text. The Jewish count (Seder Olam) and the Septuagint’s figures differ from it, for early Genesis by centuries. Not a scholarly date.

Dates before the time of the kings are not historically established, and scholars disagree widely about them.

Group

Tribe of Naphtali

Family

Parents

Siblings

Half-siblings (same father)

Children

Shillem
Gunison of Naphtali
Jezer
Jahzeel

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Zebulun11 verses
Asher9 verses
Manasseh (son of Joseph)7 verses
Dan6 verses
Enan4 verses
Ahira4 verses
Gadson of Jacob (Israel)4 verses
Gunison of Naphtali3 verses
Ephraim3 verses
Jahzeel3 verses
Issacharson of Jacob (Israel)3 verses
Gershon2 verses
Shillem2 verses
Bilhah2 verses

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Egyptscene of “Joseph sold to Egypt”; scene of “Joseph's brothers return to Egypt”
Naphtali10 shared verses
Galilee6 shared verses
Kedesh5 shared verses
Ijon3 shared verses
Zebulun3 shared verses
Abel-beth-maacah2 shared verses
Dan2 shared verses
Bashan2 shared verses
Jordan2 shared verses
Asher2 shared verses
Abel-maim1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Exodus, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Exodus

Exodus 1:4
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

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Events

Events the dataset lists Naphtali as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 1754 BC
Birth of NaphtaliGenesis 30:7–8
c. 1728 BC
Joseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36 · at Egypt
c. 1708 BC
7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–43:34
c. 1706 BC
Joseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–45:28 · at Egypt

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid (Gen. 30:8). When Jacob went down into Egypt, Naphtali had four sons (Gen. 46:24). Little is known of him as an individual.

In the Bible

Exodus

Events

Dictionary

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