וַתַּ֣הַר ע֔וֹד וַתֵּ֕לֶד בִּלְהָ֖ה שִׁפְחַ֣ת רָחֵ֑ל בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
Y concibió otra vez Bilha, la sierva de Rachêl, y parió el hijo segundo á Jacob.
Bereshit Rabbah
“And she conceived again, and Rachel’s maidservant Bilha gave birth to a second son to Jacob” (Genesis 30:7).
“Rachel said: I engaged in a great struggle with my sister, and also prevailed; she called his name Naphtali” (Genesis 30:8).
“Rachel said: I engaged in a great struggle [naftulei]” – I adorned myself, I persuaded, I exalted my sister over me.
Rabbi Yoḥanan said: [Rachel said:] ‘I should have been a bride [ninafa] before my sister. Had I sent and said to him: Be aware that they are deceiving you, would he not have left? Instead, I said: If I am not worthy that the world will be built from me, let it be built from my sister.’
Another matter, naftulei – ‘Were all the maneuvers [pitulaya] not for me? Did Jacob not go to Laban only for me?’
Another matter, ‘is the juice [nofet] not mine? – The matters of Torah, in whose regard it is stated: “And the juice [nofet] of ripe fruit” (Psalms 19:11), will be stated in the portion of Naphtali.38The city of Tiberias.
“Rachel said: I engaged in a great struggle with my sister, and also prevailed; she called his name Naphtali” (Genesis 30:8).
“Rachel said: I engaged in a great struggle [naftulei]” – I adorned myself, I persuaded, I exalted my sister over me.
Rabbi Yoḥanan said: [Rachel said:] ‘I should have been a bride [ninafa] before my sister. Had I sent and said to him: Be aware that they are deceiving you, would he not have left? Instead, I said: If I am not worthy that the world will be built from me, let it be built from my sister.’
Another matter, naftulei – ‘Were all the maneuvers [pitulaya] not for me? Did Jacob not go to Laban only for me?’
Another matter, ‘is the juice [nofet] not mine? – The matters of Torah, in whose regard it is stated: “And the juice [nofet] of ripe fruit” (Psalms 19:11), will be stated in the portion of Naphtali.38The city of Tiberias.