According to the Book of Genesis , Naphtali ( / ˈ n æ f t ə l aɪ / ; Hebrew : נַפְתָּלִי , Modern : Naftalī , Tiberian : Nap̄tālī , "my struggle") was the sixth son of Jacob , the second of his two sons with Bilhah . He was the founder of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali .
4-752: Kartan was a double city, a town of Naphtali , assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the Cities of Refuge ( Joshua 21:32 ). It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias , identical with the ruined village el-Katanah . [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. {{ cite encyclopedia }} : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) This article related to
8-653: A map of the twelve tribes of Israel. According to Genesis 46:24 , Naphtali had four sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. The name of his wife/wives are not given. He and his family migrated to Egypt , with the rest of the clan, where they remained until the Exodus . According to the apocryphal Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs , he died at age 137 and was buried in Egypt. In this apocryphal material, Naphtali gave his sons no commandment except regarding
12-477: The Hebrew Bible is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Naphtali Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name Naphtali may refer to the struggle between Rachel and Leah for the favours of Jacob. Bilhah was the handmaid of Rachel, who was infertile at the time, and had persuaded Jacob to have a child with Bilhah as a proxy for having one with herself. According to
16-665: The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan , Naphtali was a swift runner, though this appears to have been inferred from the Blessing of Jacob , which equates Naphtali to a hind . However, Biblical scholars believe this to actually be a description of the tribe of Naphtali. Naphtali is listed in Deuteronomy 34.2 when God takes Moses up to the mountain of Nebo and shows him the extent of the land which he had promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. See article on Tribe of Simeon for
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