Biblical figure

Who was Naphtali?

My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid (Gen. 30:8). When Jacob went down into...

First appears in Genesis 30:8 · 13 books · 37 chapters

Overview

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.

Naphtali first appears in Genesis 30:8. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 47 verse mentions across 13 books, most notably Numbers, 1 Chronicles, Judges, Joshua.