‘Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.’
Genesis 30:8 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then Rachel said, ‘I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.’ So she named him Naphtali. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings [in prayer to God] I have struggled with my sister and have prevailed; so she named him [this second son Bilhah bore] Naphtali [struggled]. 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. Common English Bible Rachel said, “I’ve competed fiercely with my sister, and now I’ve won.” So she named him Naphtali. Catholic Public Domain Version about whom Rachel said, "God has compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed." And she called him Naphtali. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed. And she called him Nephtali. |
‘Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.’
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.’
The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.
Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali –
About Naphtali he said: ‘Naphtali is abounding with the favour of the Lord and is full of his blessing; he will inherit southward to the lake.’
Then panic struck the whole army – those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties – and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.