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Genesis 30:8

Genesis 30:8

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great wrestlings: Heb. wrestlings of God, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 32:24; Exodus 9:28; 1 Samuel 14:15 *marg.

and she: Genesis 35:25, Genesis 46:24, Genesis 49:21; Deuteronomy 33:23

Naphtali: that is, My wrestling, Genesis 32:24-25; Matthew 4:13, Nephthalim

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