So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her. Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; yes, he has heard me and given me a son,” so she named him Dan.[a]

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  1. 30:6 In Hb, the name Dan sounds like “has vindicated,” or “has judged.”

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(A) Jacob slept with her,(B) and she became pregnant and bore him a son. Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me;(C) he has listened to my plea and given me a son.”(D) Because of this she named him Dan.[a](E)

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  1. Genesis 30:6 Dan here means he has vindicated.