Genèse 30:8

8 Et Rachel dit: J'ai soutenu contre ma sœur des luttes de Dieu; j'ai même eu la victoire; et elle lui donna le nom de Nephthali (ma lutte).

Genèse 30:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, with great wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister
Or, "with the wrestlings of God" ^F1, 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" ^F2; 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 wrestling", being a child she had been striving and wrestling for: these two sons of Bilhah were born, as say the Jews, Dan on the twenty ninth day of Elul or August, and lived one hundred and twenty seven years; Naphtali on the fifth of Tisri or September, and lived one hundred and thirty three years.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (Myhla ylwtpn) "luctationibus Dei", Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Cartwright.
F2 "Calliditatibus Dei, Oleaster, astutiis Dei", Schmidt.

Genèse 30:8 In-Context

6 Et Rachel dit: Dieu m'a rendu justice, et il a aussi exaucé ma voix, et m'a donné un fils; c'est pourquoi elle l'appela Dan (juge).

7 Et Bilha, servante de Rachel, conçut encore et enfanta un second fils à Jacob.

8 Et Rachel dit: J'ai soutenu contre ma sœur des luttes de Dieu; j'ai même eu la victoire; et elle lui donna le nom de Nephthali (ma lutte).

9 Alors Léa, voyant qu'elle avait cessé d'avoir des enfants, prit Zilpa, sa servante, et la donna pour femme à Jacob.

10 Et Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un fils à Jacob.