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Genesis Chapter 30 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
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BBE Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.
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DARBY Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
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KJV Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
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WBT Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
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WEB Genesis 30:8

Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
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YLT Genesis 30:8

and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) 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 the connection of the two ideas of wrestling and prayer is taken from Genesis 32:24, where an entirely different verb is used. Rachel's was a discreditable victory, won by making use of a bad custom, and it consisted in weaning her husband still more completely from the unloved Leah. Now that Bilhah and children were added to the attractiveness of her tent, her sister, she boasts, will be thought of no more.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThen Rachelרָחֵ֗ל (rā·ḥêl)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacobsaid,וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“In my great struggles,נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י (nap̄·tū·lê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 5319: Wrestled, a struggleI have wrestledנִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי (nip̄·tal·tî)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 6617: To twine, to struggle, be, tortuouswithעִם־ (‘im-)PrepositionStrong's 5973: With, equally withmy sisterאֲחֹתִ֖י (’ă·ḥō·ṯî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 269: Sister -- a sisterandגַּם־ (gam-)ConjunctionStrong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, andwon.”יָכֹ֑לְתִּי (yā·ḵō·lə·tî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 3201: To be able, have powerSo she namedוַתִּקְרָ֥א (wat·tiq·rā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 7121: To call, proclaim, readhimשְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 8034: A nameNaphtali.נַפְתָּלִֽי׃ (nap̄·tā·lî)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 5321: Naphtali -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and the district settled by themJump to PreviousChild Fight Great Indeed Mighty Naphtali Naph'tali Overcome Prevailed Rachel Sister Struggle Won Wrestled