Genesis 30:6
in Genesis 30Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
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ASV
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
KJV
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
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This verse in Genesis 30
Commentary
6 notes on this verseCalled she his name Dan - Because she found God had judged for her, and decided she should have a son by her handmaid; hence she called his name דן dan, judging.
This site's exposition
God has vindicated me
on Genesis 30:6-8
Rachel names the first son Dan, and the second Naphtali, her word for wrestling. The same verb meets Jacob at the Jabbok in 32:28, where he has struggled with God and with men and prevailed. The struggle in the tent runs ahead of the struggle at the ford.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter XXX.—Verses 5 and 6) And Bala conceived and bore a son to Jacob: and Rachel said: The Lord judged me, and heard my voice, and gave me a son: therefore she called his name Dan. She expressed the reason for the name, that because the Lord had judged her, a son of the handmaid, she would give the name of judgment: Dan, indeed, is interpreted as judgment.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), that is, "given sentence in my favour." (2.) In battle. She calls the next Naphtali ( wrestlings ), saying, I have wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּ֤אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| רָחֵל֙ | rachel | Rachel | H7354 → | 47 times |
| דָּנַ֣נִּי | danani | he has vindicated me | H1777 → | 24 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְגַם֙ | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| שָׁמַ֣ע | shama' | he has listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּקֹלִ֔י | bekoli | to voice my | H6963 → | 506 times |
| וַיִּתֶּן־ | vaiyiten- | and he has given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִ֖י | li | to <the> me | ||
| בֵּ֑ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| קָרְאָ֥ה | kareah | she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| דָּֽן׃ | dan | Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
וַתֹּ֤אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
רָחֵל֙Rachel
rachelH7354 →47 times
דָּנַ֣נִּיhe has vindicated me
dananiH1777 →24 times
אֱלֹהִ֔יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
וְגַם֙and also
vegamH1571 →769 times
שָׁמַ֣עhe has listened
shama'H8085 →1159 times
בְּקֹלִ֔יto voice my
bekoliH6963 →506 times
וַיִּתֶּן־and he has given
vaiyiten-H5414 →2011 times
לִ֖יto <the> me
li
בֵּ֑ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֛ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
קָרְאָ֥הshe called
kareahH7121 →733 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
דָּֽן׃Dan
danH1835 →70 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
it leads to
- Psalms 35:1
Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 26:1
Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 24:15
May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
- Psalms 35:24
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
- Psalms 35:1
Through
Psalms 35:24Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
it leads to
- Psalms 43:1
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 43:1
Through
Lamentations 3:59You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
it leads to
- Genesis 31:42
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen…
- 1 Peter 2:23
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Genesis 31:42
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsRachelJacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who dies on the road to Bethlehem — later wept for in the prophets (Jer 31:15…
- PlaceNorthern border, at the foot of HermonDanThe northern limit of the land, where the tribe of Dan settled after taking Laish and where Jeroboam set up one of his two golden…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.