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The Death of Rachel

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when they were still some distance[a] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. And she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was the most difficult[b] the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid for you have another son.”[c] 18 And it happened that when her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-Oni.[d] But his father called him Benjamin.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:16 Literally “there was still the stretch of land”
  2. Genesis 35:17 Literally “at her distress at giving birth”
  3. Genesis 35:17 Literally “for this one also to you is a son”
  4. Genesis 35:18 “Son of my sorrow”
  5. Genesis 35:18 “Son of the right hand”