וַתַּ֣הַר ע֔וֹד וַתֵּ֕לֶד בִּלְהָ֖ה שִׁפְחַ֣ת רָחֵ֑ל בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
라헬의 시녀 빌하가 다시 잉태하여 둘째 아들을 야곱에게 낳으매
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.