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Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
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Wrestlings of God
The phrase "wrestlings of God" is a Hebrew idiom for an intense struggle. Commentators suggest it could mean "great wrestlings" (similar to how "mountains of God" means great mountains), or it could refer to Rachel's fervent, wrestling-like prayers to God. In either case, it highlights the all-consuming nature of her desire for children and her competition with her sister.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
With great wrestlings Others translate it, “I am joined with the joinings of God;” as if she exulted in having recovered what she had lost…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Rachel said, with great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister Or, "with the wrestl…
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…
