Genesis 30:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling.

KJV

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.great…: Heb. wrestlings of GodNaphtali: that is, My wrestling: Gr. Nephthalim

WEB

Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

ASV

And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

LSV

and Rachel says, “With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, indeed, I have prevailed”; and she calls his name Napthali.

YLT

and Rachel saith, 'With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.

DBY

And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.Elohim

DRC

For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali.

GNV

Then Rahel said, with excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister, and haue gotten the vpper hande: and shee called his name, Naphtali.

JPS

And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.' And she called his name Naphtali.

LXXE

And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.

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WLC

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי עִם־אֲחֹתִ֖י גַּם־יָכֹ֑לְתִּי וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Ῥαχὴλ, συναντελάβετό μου ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ συνανεστράφην τῇ ἀδελφῇ μου, καὶ ἠδυνάσθην· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Νεφθαλεί.

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• Genesis 32:24–25So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
• Genesis 49:21Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
• Matthew 4:13Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
• 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 35:25The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
• 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.
• Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
• 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.”

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