1. דן dān — Dan, “judge, lord.”
2. נפתלי naptālı̂y — Naphtali, “wrestling.”
3. גד g…

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).

And Bilhah conceived. It is wonderful that God should have seen fit to honor an adulterous connection with offspring: but he sometimes str…

And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son .
] This was so far countenanced by the Lord, that he blessed her with co…

Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another—a sin than which none is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbors an…