And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,
And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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(Verse 7 and 8) And she conceived again, and bore a son. And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Naphtali. The meaning of the name Naphtali is explained differently here than it is written in the Book of Hebrew Names. Hence also Aquila says, 'God has joined me, and I have joined together,' which in Hebrew is written Naphtule Elohim, Naphtalethi. From the conversion or from the comparison, since both signify conversion or comparison, he named the son Nephthalim. But what follows.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420patristic
And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again,.... Soon after the birth of her first child: and bare Jacob a second son; this was his sixth son, but the second by Bilhah.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Zilpah--Following the example of Sarah with regard to Hagar, an example which is not seldom imitated still, she adopted the children of her maid. Leah took the same course.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.
