Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Genesis 30:8
Great wrestlings] lit. 'wrestlings of God,' an emphatic expression: cp. Luke 10:9 and Luke 13:13. Naphtali] 'my wrestling.' Rachel regarded this child as a victory over her more fruitful sister.
Great wrestlings] lit. 'wrestlings of God,' an emphatic expression: cp. Luke 10:9 and Luke 13:13. Naphtali] 'my wrestling.' Rachel regarded this child as a victory over her more fruitful sister.
Verse Genesis 30:8. _SHE CALLED HIS NAME NAPHTALI_] נפתלי _naphtali, my_ _wrestling_, according to the common mode of interpretation; but it is more likely that the root פתל _pathal_ signifies to _tw...
- 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” =גד...
CHAPTER 30 JACOB WITH LABAN _ 1. The sons of Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:1)_ 2. The sons of Zilpah: Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:9) 3. The children of Leah: Issachar, Zebulon and Dinah (Genes...
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; Gene
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 29:31 to Genesis 30:24. Birth of Jacob's Children 31 35 (J); Genesis 30:1-24 (J, E and P) In this section is narrated the account of the birth of eleven sons and one daughter. Six of the son...
_mighty wrestlings_ Heb. _wrestlings of God_. The "wrestlings of God" may mean either "mighty wrestlings," "of God" being added as an intensive or superlative (cf. Genesis 23:6, "a mighty prince"); or...
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 an...
3. _Jacob's Family_ (Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24). _Basic Facts:_ (1) Jacob became the father of twelve sons and one daughter. The inferior value set on a daughter is displayed in the bare announce...
_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 reference...
30:8 Naphtali. (b-21) My wrestling....
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 30 JACOB HAS 6 MORE SONS V1 Rachel saw that she produced no children for Jacob. And she was angry with her sister because her sister was successf...
‘Dan’ means ‘he gave his judgement’. ‘Naphtali’ means ‘struggle’. ‘Gad’ means ‘fortunately’. ‘Asher’ means ‘happy’. V14 At the time when people harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the field. He fo...
WITH GREAT WRESTLINGS. — Heb., _wrestlings of God,_ but the Authorised Version undoubtedly gives the right sense. (See Note on Genesis 23:6.) By _wrestling,_ some commentators understand prayer, but t...
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 up his des...
וַ תֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי...
SONS BORN TO JACOB Genesis 30:1 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 made in...
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 live...
Rachel and Jacob were naturally frustrated by her inability to bear children. Like Sarah before her, Rachel chose to have a child through her handmaid, Bilhah. The son born of the handmaid was named D...
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 s...
_Compared me, &c. As Lia treacherously got my husband, so I have craftily surmounted the difficulties of barrenness; I have struggled earnestly, and have got the victory. Patal, means to act with cunn...
Great wrestlings. Hebrews wrestlings of God. Naphtali signifies my wrestlings....
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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 an equal deg...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...
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 petition...
_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 i...
1 Rachel in griefe for her barrennesse, giueth Bilhah her mayd vnto Iacob. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali. 9 Leah giueth Zilpah her mayd, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14 Reuben findeth Mandrakes, wit...
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali (one obtained by wrestling), In the struggle between herself and Leah, yea...
The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah...
SECOND SECTION _Jacob’s wives and children. Jacob and Rachel, Laban’s youngest daughter. First and second treaty with Laban. His involuntary consummation of marriage with Leah. The double marriage. L...
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 word...
GREAT WRESTLINGS: _ Heb._ wrestlings of God NEPHTALI: That is, My wrestling...
1-13 Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the...
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_ I HA...
These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
Genesis 30:8 Rachel H7354 said H559 (H8799) great H430 wrestlings H5319 wrestled H6617 (H8738) sister H269 prevailed...
‘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 hav...
CONTENTS: Jacob's posterity in Padan-aram. Another bargain between Jacob and Laban. CHARACTERS: Rachael, Jacob, Laban, Leah, Joseph. CONCLUSION: The toiling and scheming of men is the result of igno...
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 own h...
_With great wrestlings have I wrestled_ GREAT WRESTLINGS Thus speaks Rachel; and this woman’s experience, multiplied as it is a thousand-fold in hearts that never told their struggles, shows us that...
_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 rightly to rec...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 30:3 Because of her barrenness, Rachel offers Jacob her servant BILHAH as a substitute wife (v. Genesis 30:3). This was a common practice in an
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 childles...
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 Jacob_),_ _RAC...
Now when Rachel saw that she could not bare Jacob children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I'm going to die. And Jacob was angry with her: and he said, Am I...
great wrestlings. Heb. wrestlings of God. Genesis 23:6 Genesis 32:24 Exodus 9:28 1 Samuel 14:15 and she....