Person of Interest

    Naphtali

    meaning: that struggles or fights

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Birth Year:1772 BC 3


Dictionary Summary:My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid ([Gen. 30:8](/gen#Gen.30.8)). When Jacob went down into Egypt, Naphtali had four sons ([Gen. 46:24](/gen#Gen.46.24)). Little is known of him as an individual. 2


Father

    Israel

    meaning: who prevails with God

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Mother

    Bilhah

    meaning: Bilhan

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Siblings

    Dan

    meaning: judgment; he that judges

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Children

    Shillem

    meaning: peace; perfection; retribution

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    Guni

    meaning: a garden; a covering

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    Jezer

    meaning: island of help

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    Jahzeel

    meaning: God hasteth

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Cross References
BookCross-References
Gen
    30.8 35.25 46.24 49.21 
Exod
    1.4 
Num
    1.15 1.42 1.43 2.29 7.78 10.27 13.14 26.48 26.50 34.28 
Deut
    27.13 33.23 34.2 
Josh
    19.32 19.39 20.7 21.6 21.32 
Judg
    1.33 4.6 4.10 5.18 6.35 7.23 
1Kgs
    4.15 7.14 15.20 
2Kgs
    15.29 
1Chr
    2.2 6.62 6.76 7.13 12.34 12.40 27.19 
2Chr
    16.4 34.6 
Ps
    68.27 
Isa
    9.1 
Ezek
    48.3 48.4 48.34 
Matt
    4.13 4.15 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.