People of the Bible
Naphtali
also called Nephthalim · 1753 BC – · Tribe of Naphtali
Family
- Father
- Jacob (Israel)
- Mother
- Bilhah
- Brothers and sisters
- Dan
- Half-brothers and sisters
- Asher, Benjamin (patriarch), Dinah, Gad, Issachar, Joseph (son of Jacob), Judah (patriarch), Levi (patriarch), Reuben, Simeon, Zebulun
- Children
- Guni, Jahzeel, Jezer, Shillem
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Birth of Naphtali · 1753 BC
- Joseph sold to Egypt · 1727 BC
- 7 years of famine · 1707 BC
- Joseph's brothers return to Egypt · 1705 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 49 verses
- Genesis
- 30:8, 35:25, 46:24, 49:21
- Exodus
- 1:4
- Numbers
- 1:15, 1:42, 1:43, 2:29, 7:78, 10:27, 13:14, 26:48, 26:50, 34:28
- Deuteronomy
- 27:13, 33:23, 34:2
- Joshua
- 19:32, 19:39, 20:7, 21:6, 21:32
- Judges
- 1:33, 4:6, 4:10, 5:18, 6:35, 7:23
- 1 Kings
- 4:15, 7:14, 15:20
- 2 Kings
- 15:29
- 1 Chronicles
- 2:2, 6:62, 6:76, 7:13, 12:34, 12:40, 27:19
- 2 Chronicles
- 16:4, 34:6
- Psalms
- 68:27
- Isaiah
- 9:1
- Ezekiel
- 48:3, 48:4, 48:34
- Matthew
- 4:13, 4:15
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.