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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
When Leah saw that she had left bearing,.... For a little while, for she afterwards bore again, and observing also what…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 30:1-43
- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān, Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y, Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
She called his name Naphtali - נפתלי naphtali, my wrestling, according to the common mode of interpretation; but it is…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 30:1-13
We have here the bad consequences of that strange marriage which Jacob made with the two sisters. Here is,
I. An unhappy…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
mighty wrestlings Heb. wrestlings of God. The "wrestlings of God" may mean either "mighty wrestlings," "of God" being…
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