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Genesis 49

Gen. 49:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Naphtali
Naphtaliy (Hebrew #5321)
my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Naphtali.
Pronounce: naf-taw-lee'
Origin: from 6617
is a hind
'ayalah (Hebrew #355)
a doe or female deer
KJV usage: hind.
Pronounce: ah-yaw-law'
Origin: feminine of 354
let loose
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
: he giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
goodly
shepher (Hebrew #8233)
beauty
KJV usage: X goodly.
Pronounce: sheh'-fer
Origin: from 8231
words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 30:8• 8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. (Gen. 30:8)
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Gen. 46:24• 24And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. (Gen. 46:24)
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Deut. 33:23• 23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south. (Deut. 33:23)
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Josh. 19:32‑39• 32The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
 33And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
 34And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
 35And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
 36And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
 37And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
 38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
 39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. (Josh. 19:32‑39)
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Judg. 4:6,10• 6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
 10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. (Judg. 4:6,10)
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Judg. 5:18• 18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. (Judg. 5:18)
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Psa. 18:33‑34• 33He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
 34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. (Psa. 18:33‑34)
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Matt. 4:15‑16• 15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
 16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. (Matt. 4:15‑16)
Nepthalim.
• Future History of the Nation. Naphtali.-The liberty of grace enjoyed and victory celebrated. (“Prophetic Blessings of Jacob and Moses: Genesis 49, Deuteronomy 33” by W. Scott)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Naphtali is a hind let loose; He giveth goodly words.