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Genesis 30:8

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 30:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7And Bilhah Rachel`s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Rachel said, with great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, etc.] Or, “with the wrestlings of God” f1488, wrestling and striving in prayer with God; being vehement and importunate in her petitions to him, that she might have children as well as her sister: some render it, “I used the craftinesses of God”, or “great craftiness with my sisters” f1489; by giving her maid Bilhah to her husband, and having children by her: and I have prevailed; as she strove in her desires and prayers to have another child before her sister had; in that she prevailed, or she was succeeded in her desires, she had children as she wished to have: and she called his name Naphtali; which signifies “my…”
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