Genesis 30:6
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6 Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; indeed he has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.[a]
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- 30:6 Dan: explained by the term dannanni, “he has vindicated me.”
Genesis 30:8
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8 and Rachel said, “I have wrestled strenuously with my sister, and I have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali.[a]
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- 30:8 Naphtali: explained by the Hebrew term naftulim, lit., “contest” or “struggle.”
Genesis 30:11
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11 Leah then said, “What good luck!” So she named him Gad.[a]
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- 30:11 Gad: explained by the Hebrew term begad, lit., “in luck,” i.e., “what good luck!”
Genesis 30:13
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13 and Leah said, “What good fortune, because women will call me fortunate!” So she named him Asher.[a]
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- 30:13 Asher: explained by the term be’oshri, lit., “in my good fortune,” i.e., “what good fortune,” and by the term ye’ashsheruni, “they call me fortunate.”
Genesis 30:24
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24 She named him Joseph,[a] saying, “May the Lord add another son for me!”
Jacob Outwits Laban.[b]
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- 30:24 Joseph: explained by the words yosep, “may he add,” and in v. 23, ’asap, “he has removed.”
- 30:25–43 Jacob’s deception of Laban. Jacob has been living in Laban’s household as an indentured worker paying off the bride price. Having paid off all his obligations, he wants to settle his accounts with Laban. His many children attest to the fulfillment of the Lord’s promise of numerous progeny; the birth of Joseph to his beloved Rachel signals the fulfillment in a special way. To enter into the Lord’s second promise, the land, he must now return to Canaan.
Genesis 35:18
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18 With her last breath—for she was at the point of death—she named him Ben-oni;[a] but his father named him Benjamin.
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- 35:18 Ben-oni: means either “son of my vigor” or, more likely in the context, “son of affliction.” Benjamin: “son of the right hand,” meaning a son who is his father’s help and support.
Genesis 35:24-26
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24 [a]the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; 25 the sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali; 26 the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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- 35:24–26 Benjamin is here said to have been born in Paddan-aram, apparently because all twelve sons of Jacob are considered as a unit.
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