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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Naphtali (Jacob's son living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Jacob's sixth son, born to Rachel's servant Bilhah. His tribe settled in northern Galilee, the land Isaiah says will see a great light, and Matthew ties that to Jesus starting his work there.

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Jacob's sixth son, born to Rachel's servant Bilhah. His tribe settled in northern Galilee, the land Isaiah says will see a great light, and Matthew ties that to Jesus starting his work there.

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Naphtali was Jacob's sixth son, born to Rachel's servant Bilhah, and his tribe's territory in northern Galilee is the region Isaiah prophesies will see a great light, a prophecy Matthew connects directly to Jesus beginning his ministry in that same region.

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The word

H5321

Where it appears
  • 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
  • Numbers 26:48
  • Numbers 26:50
  • Numbers 34:28
  • Deuteronomy 27:13
  • Deuteronomy 33:23
  • Deuteronomy 34:2
  • Joshua 19:32
  • Joshua 19:39
  • Joshua 20:7
  • Joshua 21:6
  • Joshua 21:32
  • Judges 1:33
  • Judges 4:6
  • Judges 4:10
  • Judges 5:18
  • Judges 6:35
  • Judges 7:23
  • 1 Kings 4:15
  • 1 Kings 7:14
  • 1 Kings 15:20
  • 2 Kings 15:29
  • 1 Chronicles 2:2
  • 1 Chronicles 6:62
  • 1 Chronicles 6:76
  • 1 Chronicles 7:13
  • 1 Chronicles 12:34
  • 1 Chronicles 12:40
  • 1 Chronicles 27:19
  • 2 Chronicles 16:4
  • 2 Chronicles 34:6
  • Psalm 68:27
  • Isaiah 9:1
  • Ezekiel 48:3
  • Ezekiel 48:4
  • Ezekiel 48:34

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