English Standard Version

Genesis 30:1–8

When Rachel saw that bshe bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, cwho has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” Then she said, “Here is my servant dBilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth eon my behalf,1 that even I may have children2 through her.” So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. Then Rachel said, “God has fjudged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.3 Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings4 I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name gNaphtali.5

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b

ch. 29:31

c
d

ch. 29:29

e

ch. 50:23

1

Hebrew on my knees

2

Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children

f

[ch. 49:16]

3

Dan sounds like the Hebrew for judged

4

Hebrew With wrestlings of God

g
5

Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling

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