My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid (Gen. 30:8). When Jacob went down into Egypt, Naphtali had four sons (Gen. 46:24). Little is known of him as an individual.
Person
Naphtali
- Name means
- that struggles or fights
- Also called
- Nephthalim
- Lived
- born c. 1753 BC
- Belongs to
- Tribe of Naphtali
- Mentioned
- 49 verses · first in Genesis 30:8
Family
About Naphtali
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- 1753 BCBirth of NaphtaliGenesis 30:7–8
Every mention
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.