OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 30:8

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Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

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Verse 8. Compared me, and so forth As Lia treacherously got my husband, so I have craftily surmounted the difficulties of barrenness; I have struggled earnestly, and have got the victory. Patal, means to act with cunning. Psalms 17:27. Calmet.—Nephtali, “a crafty wrestler.” Menochius.

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