Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah. Go sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me[a](A) so that through her I too can build a family.” So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her. Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; yes, he has heard me and given me a son,” so she named him Dan.[b]

Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God,[c] I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 30:3 Lit bear on my knees
  2. 30:6 In Hb, the name Dan sounds like “has vindicated,” or “has judged.”
  3. 30:8 Or “With mighty wrestlings
  4. 30:8 In Hb, the name Naphtali sounds like “my wrestling.”

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