21 “Naphtali(A) is a doe set free
    that bears beautiful fawns.[a](B)

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  1. Genesis 49:21 Or free; / he utters beautiful words

23 About Naphtali(A) he said:

“Naphtali is abounding with the favor of the Lord
    and is full of his blessing;
    he will inherit southward to the lake.”

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Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”(A) So she named him Naphtali.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.

15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
    the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
    Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the people living in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
    a light has dawned.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:16 Isaiah 9:1,2

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;(A)
    he causes me to stand on the heights.(B)
34 He trains my hands for battle;(C)
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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18 The people of Zebulun(A) risked their very lives;
    so did Naphtali(B) on the terraced fields.(C)

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10 There Barak summoned(A) Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

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She sent for Barak son of Abinoam(A) from Kedesh(B) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(C) and Zebulun(D) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(E)

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Allotment for Naphtali

32 The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:

33 Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim,(A) passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel(B) to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. 34 The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok.(C) It touched Zebulun(D) on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan[a] on the east. 35 The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath,(E) Rakkath, Kinnereth,(F) 36 Adamah, Ramah,(G) Hazor,(H) 37 Kedesh,(I) Edrei,(J) En Hazor, 38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath(K) and Beth Shemesh.(L) There were nineteen towns and their villages.

39 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:34 Septuagint; Hebrew west, and Judah, the Jordan,

24 The sons of Naphtali:(A)

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

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