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Naphtali was like a doe. This may mean the tribe would live as a free people in the mountains (compare Judges 5:18). The tribe of Naphtali settled in the hill country northwest of the Sea of Galilee.
By faith, and as one who speaks for God, Jacob looked ahead to Israel’s future in the land and beyond to a greater future still.
At the end of the time of the patriarchs (the early fathers of Israel), he spoke about what would happen to each tribe. He did this as he considered each of his sons, one by one, just as Noah had done earlier (compare 9:25–27).
The character and actions of each ancestor affected the lives of their descendants (Exodus 20:5–6; 34:6–7; Numbers 14:18; Jeremiah 32:18).
People
Naphtali: Son of Jacob, founder of the tribe of Naphtali
Glossary
Book of Exodus Concubinage, Concubines Deer Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Poetry, Biblical Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Topics
Children: Male: Received the Blessing of Their Father Before his Death Death: Scenes of Death of Jacob Jacob: His Final Prophetic Benedictions Upon his Sons: Naphtali Naphtali: Son of Jacob and Bilhah: Jacob Blesses Parents: Paternal Blessings of Jacob Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children The Hart: Female of Delights in Freedom the Tribe of Naphtali: Predictions Respecting The Tribes of Israel: Predictions Respecting Each of