Discovery BoxGenesis 29:35 
Context29:35 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. 1 Then she stopped having children.
Genesis 30:6
Context30:6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer 2 and given me a son.” That is why 3 she named him Dan. 4
1 sn The name Judah (יְהוּדָה, yÿhudah) means “he will be praised” and reflects the sentiment Leah expresses in the statement recorded earlier in the verse. For further discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names ‘Israel’ and ‘Judah’ with an Excursus on the Etymology of Todah and Torah,” JBL 46 (1927): 151-85; and A. R. Millard, “The Meaning of the Name Judah,” ZAW 86 (1974): 216-18.
2 tn Heb “and also he has heard my voice.” The expression means that God responded positively to Rachel’s cry and granted her request.
3 tn Or “therefore.”
4 sn The name Dan means “he vindicated” or “he judged.” The name plays on the verb used in the statement which appears earlier in the verse. The verb translated “vindicated” is from דִּין (din, “to judge, to vindicate”), the same verbal root from which the name is derived. Rachel sensed that God was righting the wrong.
