Genesis 30:8
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
Note Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling.
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Note great…: Heb. wrestlings of God
Note Naphtali: that is, My wrestling: Gr. Nephthalim
Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- great wrestlings
- Heb. wrestlings of God.
- Genesis 23:6; Genesis 32:24; Exodus 9:28; 1 Samuel 14:15
- and she
- Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:24; Genesis 49:21; Deuteronomy 33:23
- Naphtali
- that is, My wrestling.
- Genesis 32:24, 25; Matthew 4:13