Naphtali
sixth-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:7), son of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid
PersonTribe of Naphtalimale25 verses
Names
- Naphtali — נַפְתָּלִֽי nafətaliy “wrestling” (H5321) · Νεφθαλι Nephthali — Genesis 30:8
Family
- father of Jahzeel (inferred)
- father of Guni (son of Naphtali) (inferred)
- father of Jezer (inferred)
- father of Shillem (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Enan (inferred)
- ancestor of Vophsi
- ancestor of Ammihud (father of Pedahel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Hiram (worked to build Solomon's temple) (inferred)
- ancestor of Azriel (father of Jeremoth) (inferred)
Siblings
- half-brother of Gad (seventh-born son of Jacob, son of Zilpah…) (inferred)
- half-brother of Asher (inferred)
- half-brother of Issachar (ninth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- half-brother of Zebulun (inferred)
- half-brother of Dinah (inferred)
- half-brother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- half-brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Naphtali* — 2,259 AH · 1,703 BC · aged 0 — Genesis 30:8
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Naphtali* (Genesis 35:26)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Bashan — 2 shared verses
- Galilee 1 — 2 shared verses
- Kedesh 1 — 2 shared verses
- Hammon 2 — 1 shared verse
- Hammoth-dor — 1 shared verse
- Jordan — 1 shared verse
- Kartan — 1 shared verse
- Kedesh-naphtali — 1 shared verse
- Kiriathaim 2 — 1 shared verse
- Mount Tabor — 1 shared verse
Appearances
- Genesis 30:8
- Genesis 35:25
- Genesis 46:24
- Genesis 49:21
- Exodus 1:4
- Numbers 1:15
- Numbers 1:42
- Numbers 1:43
- Numbers 2:29
- Numbers 7:78
- Numbers 10:27
- Numbers 13:14
and 13 further references.
Topical references
- 1. Son of Jacob and Bilhah — Genesis 30:7; Genesis 30:8; Genesis 35:25
- Jacob blesses — Genesis 49:21
- Sons of — Genesis 46:24; 1 Chronicles 7:13
- Census of — Numbers 1:42; Numbers 1:43; Numbers 26:48
- Position assigned to, in camping and in marching — Numbers 2:25; Numbers 10:25
- Moses' benediction on — Deuteronomy 33:23
- Inheritance of — Joshua 19:32; Judges 1:33; Ezekiel 48:3
- Defeat Sisera — Judges 4:6; Judges 4:10; Judges 5:18
- Follow Gideon — Judges 6:35; Judges 7:23
- Help in conveying the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem — Psalms 68:27
- Military operations of — 1 Chronicles 12:34; 1 Chronicles 12:40
- Against — 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Chronicles 16:4
- Prophecies concerning — Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 9:2; Revelation 7:6
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.