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Genesis 30:8

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

KJV

pro quo ait Rachel : Comparavit me Deus cum sorore mea, et invalui : vocavitque eum Nephthali.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ῥαχήλ Συνεβάλετό μοι ὁ θεός, καὶ συνανεστράφην τῇ ἀδελφῇ μου καὶ ἠδυνάσθην· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Νεφθαλεί.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי עִם אֲחֹתִ֖/י גַּם יָכֹ֑לְתִּי וַ/תִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖/וֹ נַפְתָּלִֽי

Hebrew

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In this verse

People RachelNaphtali

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
י
y
noun · 119×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נַפְתָּלִ֑י
nptly
proper_noun · 49×
נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י
nptvly
noun · 1×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
רָחֵ֖ל
rchl
proper_noun · 47×
תִּתַּפָּֽל
ttpl
verb · 5×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 23:6 — Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
  • Gen 29:33 — And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
  • Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
  • Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
  • Gen 49:21 — Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
  • Gen 49:21 — Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
  • Matt 4:13 — And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: