Genesis 30:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then Rachel said, 'I have struggled greatly with my sister and I have prevailed.' So she named him Naphtali.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Rachel{H7354} said,{H559} With mighty{H430} wrestlings{H5319} have I wrestled{H6617} with my sister,{H269} and have prevailed:{H3201} and she called{H7121} his name{H8034} Naphtali.{H5321}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Rachel{H7354} said{H559}{(H8799)}, With great{H430} wrestlings{H5319} have I wrestled{H6617}{(H8738)} with my sister{H269}, and I have prevailed{H3201}{(H8804)}: and she called{H7121}{(H8799)} his name{H8034} Naphtali{H5321}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Rahel sayde. God is turned and I haue made achaunge with my sister and haue gote ye vpper hade. And she called his name Nepthali

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then sayde Rachel: God hath turned it with me, and my sister, and I haue gotte the vpperhande. And she called him Nephthali.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

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

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Rachel said: With godly wrastlynges haue I wrastled with my sister, & haue gotten the vpper hande: and she called his name Nephthali.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Rachel said,“I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:21 : 21 Naphtali is a deer let loose: he gives goodly words.
  • Matt 4:13 : 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea coast, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,
  • Exod 9:28 : 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.
  • Deut 33:23 : 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess the west and the south.
  • 1 Sam 14:15 : 15 There was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled, and the earth quaked, so there was a very great trembling.
  • Gen 23:6 : 6 Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury your dead; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, that you may bury your dead.
  • Gen 32:24-25 : 24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
  • Gen 35:25 : 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid; Dan, and Naphtali:
  • Gen 46:24 : 24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

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    1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die."

    2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

    3 She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go into her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her."

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    24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

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