King James Version
What Does Genesis 30:6 Mean?
“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. Dan: that is, Judging”
Context
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And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
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And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
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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. Dan: that is, Judging
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And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
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And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. great: Heb. wrestlings of God Naphtali: that is, My wrestling: Gr. Nephthalim
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **God hath judged me.**—Rachel has no misgivings herself as to the rectitude of her conduct, and by the name she gives the child, she affirms that God also had given a decision in her favour; for “Dan” means *judging. *While, too, Leah had spoken of Jehovah, Rachel speaks of Elohim, not merely because she could not expect a child of Bilhah to be the ancestor of the Messiah, but because she was herself half an idolater (Genesis 31:19). When, however, she has a child of her own, she, too, taught by long trial, speaks of Jehovah (Genesis 30:24).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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