Genesis 30:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 49:21 : 21 Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.
  • Matt 4:13 : 13 And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:
  • Exod 9:28 : 28 Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.
  • Deut 33:23 : 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.
  • 1 Sam 14:15 : 15 And there was great fear in the tents and in the field and among all the men of the armed force, and the attackers were shaking with fear; even the earth was moved with a great shaking and there was a fear as from God.
  • Gen 23:6 : 6 My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.
  • Gen 32:24-25 : 24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn. 25 But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.
  • Gen 35:25 : 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;
  • Gen 46:24 : 24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.

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  • Gen 30:1-7
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    1 Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

    2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

    3 Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

    4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

    5 And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

    6 Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.

    7 And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

  • Gen 35:24-25
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    24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

    25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;

  • Gen 30:9-12
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    9 When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

    10 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.

    11 And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.

    12 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

  • 16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 35:16-17
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    16 So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

    17 And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

  • 3 The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

  • Gen 29:28-29
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    28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

    29 And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

  • Gen 30:17-25
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    17 And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

    18 Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.

    19 And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

    20 And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.

    21 After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.

    22 Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

    23 And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

    24 And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

    25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

    11 And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

    12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

  • 14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

  • 15 But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.

  • 27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

  • 4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

  • 33 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

  • 24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

  • 31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

  • 19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.