Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 30:8
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Genesis30:8
8 And Rachel said, with great wrastlings , have I wrastled with my sister, and I have prevailed ; and she called his name Naphtali.
Heb. With wrastlings of God, either with great and hard wrastlings or strivings; or by wrastling with God in fervent prayer, and by Gods grace and strength.
Which was not true; for her sister exceeded her both in the number of her Children, and in her propriety in them, being the fruit of her own womb, not of her handmaids, as Rachels were. Here is an instance how partial Judges most persons are in their own causes and concernments.
Marginal references: Heb. wrastlings of God.; That is, my wrastling.; Called Matt. 4. 13. Nephthalian.
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