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- Genesis
- Chapter 30
- Verse 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.
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Gill's Exposition
And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again,.... Soon after the birth of her first child:
and bare Jacob a second son; this was his sixth son, but the second by Bilhah.
- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān, Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y, Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād, Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād, “in victory or” =גד בא bā' gād, “victory…
Adam Clarke
Called she his name Dan - Because she found God had judged for her, and decided she should have a son by her handmaid; hence she called his name דן dan, judging.
We have here the bad consequences of that strange marriage which Jacob made with the two sisters. Here is,
I. An unhappy disagreement between him and Rachel (Gen 30:1, Gen 30:2), occasioned, not so…
Cambridge Bible
judged Heb. dan, "he judged." When Rachel says "he has judged me," she means "God has decided in my favour." For this use of "judge" in the sense of "vindicate," cf. Psa 43:1, "Judge me, O God, and…
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