Naphtali

Family: Jacob's family · Role: son of Jacob and Bilhah · First appears: The Birth Of Jacob's Children

Bilhah bore Jacob a second son, whom Rachel named Naphtali. During the War With The Ninevites, Naphtali and Dan rushed to aid Issachar and Gad. After Jacob and his sons routed the enemy, Naphtali went in search of Joseph, found him still fighting, and joined him until his attackers fled.

At Hazor, Naphtali followed Judah onto the city wall, where they fought from either side as Jacob’s sons conquered the city. Later, at Mount Seir, Jacob’s sons defeated Esau’s army and besieged the fugitives; Esau’s sons and the others eventually made peace and agreed to pay tribute.

Relationship record

Life events

• Bilhah bore Jacob a second son, Naphtali.(The Birth Of Jacob's Children)
  • With: Bilhah Jacob
  • “Bilhah's second son Rachel named Naphtali”
• Dan and Naphtali came to Issachar and Gad's aid when the Ninevites attacked them.(The War With The Ninevites)
  • With: Issachar Gad Dan
  • “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
• Jacob and his sons routed the Ninevite host, and the fleeing army ultimately fled in defeat.(The War With The Ninevites)
  • With: Jacob Judah Levi Zebulon Issachar Gad Dan Joseph
  • “All the sons of Jacob united to oppose it, and they routed the host.”
• Naphtali found Joseph still fighting the Ninevite army and joined him, helping drive off his attackers.(The War With The Ninevites)
  • With: Joseph
  • “Naphtali ran after the retreating enemy, to make search for Joseph, and he found him still fighting against the Ninevite army. He joined Joseph, and killed countless soldiers, and of the fugitives many drowned, and the men that were besetting Joseph ran off and left him in safety.”
• Judah and Naphtali led the attack from the city wall as the sons of Jacob conquered Hazor.(The War With The Amorites · 📍 Hazor)
  • With: Judah
  • “Naphtali followed him, and the two stood upon the wall, Judah to the right and Naphtali to the left, and thence they dealt out death to the warriors. The other sons of Jacob followed their two brothers in turn, and made an end of exterminating the heathen host on that day. They subjugated Hazor, slew the warriors thereof, let no man escape with his life, and despoiled the city of all therein.”
• Jacob's sons defeated Esau's army, pursued the fugitives, and besieged them on Mount Seir.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
  • With: Jacob Judah Gad Levi Dan Reuben Issachar Zebulon Simon Benjamin Enoch (son of Reuben) Reuel Jeush Lotan Korah
  • “Four hundred were slain in battle, and six hundred fled, among the latter Esau's four sons, Reuel, Jeush, Lotan, and Korah.”
• Esau's sons and the fugitives submitted to peace and agreed to pay tribute.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
  • With: Jacob Judah Gad Levi Dan Reuben Issachar Zebulon Simon Benjamin Enoch (son of Reuben) Reuel Jeush Lotan Korah
  • “Now the sons of Esau and all the other fugitives came and fell down before them, bowed down, and entreated them without cease, until they concluded peace with them. But the sons of Jacob exacted tribute from them.”

The Birth Of Jacob's Children

• parent: Jacob “Bilhah's second son Rachel named Naphtali”
• parent: Bilhah “Bilhah's second son Rachel named Naphtali”

The War With The Ninevites

• parent: Jacob “All the sons of Jacob united to oppose it, and they routed the host.”
• siblings with Issachar “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
• siblings with Gad “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
• siblings with Dan “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
• siblings with Joseph “Naphtali ran after the retreating enemy, to make search for Joseph, and he found him still fighting against the Ninevite army.”

The War With The Amorites

• parent: Jacob “Judah was the first to mount the walls of Hazor. As he approached the top, four warriors attacked him, but he slew them without stopping in his ascent, and before his brother Naphtali could bring him succor.”
• siblings with Judah “Judah was the first to mount the walls of Hazor. As he approached the top, four warriors attacked him, but he slew them without stopping in his ascent, and before his brother Naphtali could bring him succor.”

Esau's Campaign Against Jacob

• parent: Jacob “Judah made a sally to the south of the citadel, and with him were Naphtali and Gad”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.