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## Bilhah...conceived again ##
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"Bilhah...became pregnant again"
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## and bore Jacob a second son ##
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"and gave birth to a second son for Jacob"
## With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister ##
The phrase "wrestlings have I wrestled" is an idiom used for emphasis. It is also a metaphor that compares a physical fight with Rachel's attempts to have a child like her sister has. It could be translated as "I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, Leah." (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## and have prevailed ##
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"and I have won" or "I have succeeded"
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## called his name Naphtali ##
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Translators may also add a footnote that says "The name Naphtali means 'my struggle.'"