“And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.”
Then Rachel said: God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son. Because of this she named him Dan. Dan means he has judged or vindicated. Rachel interprets the birth of Bilhah's son as divine vindication — the God who hears has heard. The theology is real; the attribution is complicated — this is her servant's son, not her own. The application: the desire for divine vindication is real and legitimate; the forms in which we receive it are sometimes more complicated than straightforward answers to prayer.
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