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Naphtali ( נַפְתָּלִי "My wrestling", Standard Hebrew Naftali , Tiberian Hebrew Nap̄tālî ) is the sixth son of Jacob and the founder of the tribe of Naphtali . His biological mother is Bilhah , but he is regarded as the son of Rachel who provided Bilhah her maidservant as a concubine for Jacob in response to her barenness. This is in contrast to her sister Leah who has already born four sons for Jacob. Rachel is overjoyed at the birth, saying "I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won" (Genesis 30:8, NIV ).1
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According to the Book of Genesis , Naphtali ( ) ( Hebrew : נַפְתָּלִי , Modern : Naftali , Tiberian : Nap̄tālî , "My struggle") was the second son of Jacob with Bilhah .He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali .However, some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.Peake's commentary on the Bible
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The English name is Naphtali .According to the Book of Genesis , Naphtali ( / ˈ n æ f t ə l aɪ / ; Hebrew : נַפְתָּלִי , Modern : Naftali , Tiberian : Nap̄tālî , "my struggle") was the sixth son of Jacob and second son with Bilhah . He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali . However, some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.
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According to the Book of Genesis , Naphtali ( / ˈ n æ f t ə l aɪ / ; Hebrew : נַפְתָּלִי , Modern : Naftali , Tiberian : Nap̄tālî , "my struggle") was the sixth son of Jacob and second son with Bilhah . He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali . Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name Naphtali may refer to the struggle between Rachel and Leah for the favours of Jacob; Bilhah was the handmaid of Rachel, who had thought herself to be infertile , and had persuaded Jacob to have a child with Bilhah as a proxy for having one with herself.
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Biblical figure and the sixth son of Jacob through his concubine Bilhah This article is about the Biblical figure.According to the Book of Genesis , Naphtali ( / ˈ n æ f t ə l aɪ / ; Hebrew : נַפְתָּלִי , Modern : Naftalī , Tiberian : Nap̄tālī , "my struggle") was the sixth son of Jacob , the second of his two sons with Bilhah . He was the founder of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali . Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name Naphtali may refer to the struggle between Rachel and Leah for the favours of Jacob. Bilhah was the handmaid of Rachel, who was infertile at the time, and had persuaded Jacob to have a child with Bilhah as a proxy for having one with herself.
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