Naphtali
Family: Jacob household · Role: son · First appears: Genesis 30
In Genesis 30, Bilhah bore Naphtali to Jacob after bearing Dan, making Dan his brother. His siblings also included Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin; later, Gad and Asher were named among the children of Israel with him.
In Genesis 46, Naphtali was the father of Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. In Genesis 49, Jacob blessed him among the twelve sons and charged them concerning his burial, saying, “bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,” while in Deuteronomy 33, Moses blessed Naphtali as “satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD,” and God was named in that blessing.
Relationship record
Life events
- Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali to Jacob.(Genesis 30)
- With: Dan Bilhah Jacob
- “And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. 30:7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.”
- Jacob blesses all twelve sons according to their individual blessings.(Genesis 49)
- Moses blessed the children of Israel before his death.(Deuteronomy 33)
Genesis 30
- parent: Bilhah “And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.”
- parent: Jacob “And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.”
Genesis 35
- siblings with Reuben “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Simeon “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Levi “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Judah “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Issachar “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Zebulun “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Joseph “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Benjamin “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Dan “And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:”
Genesis 46
- child: Jahzeel “And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.”
- child: Guni “And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.”
- child: Jezer “And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.”
- child: Shillem “And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.”
Genesis 49
- blesser: Jacob “All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.”
- commander: Jacob “And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,”
Exodus 1
- parent: Jacob “And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
- siblings with Dan “Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
- siblings with Gad “Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
- siblings with Asher “Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
Deuteronomy 33
- blesser: Moses “And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.”
- blesser: God “And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.