Genesis 30:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 30:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān , Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y , Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād , Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād , “in victory or”...
Genesis 30:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, (c) and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. (c) The arrogancy of man's nature appears in that she condemns her...
Genesis 30:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob's Children. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-35 ; Genesis 30:9-13 is from J, Genesis 30:1-6 ; G...
Genesis 30:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

great wrestlings have. wrestled. Hebrew with wrestlings of El (= GOD) i.e. mighty wrestlings. Figure of speech Polyptoton, and Paronomasia. App-6. Naphtali. Hebrew my wrestling.
Genesis 30:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. With great wrestlings (74) Others translate it, “I am joined with the joinings of God;” (75) as if she exulted in having recovered what she had lost; or, certainly, in having obtained a...
Genesis 30:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. She called his name Naphtali - נפתלי naphtali, my wrestling, according t...
Genesis 30:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

With great wrestlings— That is, according to the Hebrew, with wrestlings of God; either with great and hard wrestlings or strivings, or by wrestling with God in fervent prayer; and by God's grace...
Genesis 30:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. Naphtali - i:e., wrestling. In bestowing this name she had a ref...
Genesis 30:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25 . Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength...
Genesis 30:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 30:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel. After all, history is...
Genesis 30:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people liv...
Genesis 30:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Great wrestlings. Hebrews wrestlings of God. Naphtali signifies my wrestlings.
Genesis 30:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Rachel said, with great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister ,.... Or, "with the wrestlings of God" a, wrestling and striving in prayer with God; being vehement and importunate in her petit...
Genesis 30:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. Ver. 8. With great wrestlings. ] Heb., With wrestlings of God; that...
Genesis 30:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious lesson in Rachel's w...
Genesis 30:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Increase of Jacob's Family. B. C. 1745. 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no chi...
Genesis 30:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With great wrestlings, Heb. With wrestlings of God; either with great and hard wrestlings or strivings, or by wrestling with God in fervent prayer, and by God's grace and strength. Cir. 1747...
Genesis 30:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son, and Rachel said, “With powerful wrestlings (literally ‘wrestlings of God') have I wrestled (niphtal) with my sister and ha...
Genesis 30:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:1 . Give me children, or else I die.] Heb. “If none, I am a dead woman.” As to the raising up of seed, I shall be as good as dead. An old Jewish proverb says, “The chi...
Genesis 30:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:2 . Am I in God's stead. Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his ow...
Genesis 30:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rachel envied her sister. Rachel’s impatience I. IT WAS UNGODLY. 1. She was the victim of unholy passions. Envy and jealousy. 2. She took a despairing view of life. 3. She failed right...
Genesis 30:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw (apparently after, though probably before, the birth of Leah's fourth son) that she bare Jacob no children (literally, that she bare not to...
Genesis 30:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah
Genesis 30:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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,...

Genesis 30:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 30:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 30:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 30:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 30:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 30:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 30:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 30:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 30:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 30:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 30:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge