Genesis 30:8
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For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.

great wrestlings.

Genesis 23:6 My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.

Genesis 32:24 He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning.

Exodus 9:28 Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that ye may stay here no longer.

1 Samuel 14:15 And there was a miracle in the camp, in the fields: and all the people of their garrison, who had gone out to plunder, were amazed, and the earth trembled: and it happened as a miracle from God.

*marg:

and she.

Genesis 35:25 The sons of Bala, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Nephthali.

Genesis 46:24 The sons of Nephthali: Jaziel and Guni, and Jeser and Sallem.

Genesis 49:21 Nephthali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.

Deuteronomy 33:23 And To Nephtali he said: Nephtali shall enjoy abundance, and shall be full of the blessings of the Lord: he shall possess the sea and the south.

Naphtali.

Genesis 32:24,25 He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning. . . .

Matthew 4:13 And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and of Nephthalim;

Nephthalim.

Context
Dan and Naphtali
7And again Bala conceived, and bore another, 8For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.
Cross References
Genesis 30:7
And again Bala conceived, and bore another,

Genesis 30:9
Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband.

Numbers 2:29
Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the prince was Ahira the son of Enan.

Lexicon
Then Rachel
רָחֵ֗ל (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

said,
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“In my great struggles,
נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י (nap̄·tū·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5319: Wrestled, a struggle

I have wrestled
נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי (nip̄·tal·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6617: To twine, to struggle, be, tortuous

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

my sister
אֲחֹתִ֖י (’ă·ḥō·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

and
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

won.”
יָכֹ֑לְתִּי (yā·ḵō·lə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power

So she named
וַתִּקְרָ֥א (wat·tiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

him
שְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

Naphtali.
נַפְתָּלִֽי׃ (nap̄·tā·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5321: Naphtali -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and the district settled by them


Additional Translations
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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