Genesis 30:6
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.
Genesis 30:6 in other translations
| BSB | Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan. |
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| WEB | Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and Rachel saith, ‘God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan. |
| DARBY | And Rachel said,God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan. |
| BBE | Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan. |
| Webster | And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore she called his name Dan. |
What does Genesis 30:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:3-9
3-9. Bilhah ... Zilpah--Following the example of Sarah with regard to Hagar, an example which is not seldom imitated still, she adopted the children of her maid. Leah took the same course. A bitter and intense rivalry existed between them, all the more from their close relationship as sisters; and although they occupied separate apartments, with their families, as is the uniform custom where a plurality of wives…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:1-13
Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage. Let us carefully watch against all the risings and workings of this passion in our minds. Let not our eye be evil towards any of our fellow-servants, because our…
Genesis 30:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 30:6
- Lamentations 3:59
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
- Psalms 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- Psalms 35:24
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
- Genesis 49:16-17
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- Genesis 35:25
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
- Genesis 29:32-35
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
- Deuteronomy 33:22
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
- Jeremiah 13:2
So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.
- Jeremiah 15:14-20
And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. …
- Genesis 46:23
And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
- Jeremiah 13:24
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
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Context
- Genesis 30:5
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:6
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.
- Genesis 30:7
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Rachêl: Juzgóme Dios, y también oyó mi voz, y dióme un hijo. Por tanto llamó su nombre Dan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Rachel dit: Dieu m’a fait justice, et il a aussi entendu ma voix, et m’a donné un fils; c’est pourquoi elle appela son nom Dan. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat mir Recht verschafft und auch auf meine Stimme gehört und mir einen Sohn gegeben! Darum gab sie ihm den Namen Dan. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque Rachel: Judicavit mihi Dominus, et exaudivit vocem meam, dans mihi filium, et idcirco appellavit nomen ejus Dan. |