Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- BSB Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
- NKJV Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.
- NASB So Rachel said, “With mighty wrestling I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali.
- NLT Rachel named him Naphtali, for she said, “I have struggled hard with my sister, and I’m winning!”
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- Gen 32:24–25Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
- Gen 23:6“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”
- Matt 4:13Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
- Gen 49:21“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
- Deut 33:23About Naphtali he said, “Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of Yahweh’s blessing, Possess the west and the south.”
- Exod 9:28Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
- Gen 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- Gen 35:25The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
- 1 Sam 14:15There was a 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 an exceedingly great trembling.
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