Genesis 35:16-21

New International Reader's Version

Rachel and Isaac Die

¹⁶ They moved on from Bethel. Ephrath wasn’t very far away when Rachel began to have a baby. She was having a very hard time of it. ¹⁷ The woman who helped her saw that she was having problems. So she said to Rachel, “Don’t be afraid. You have another son.” ¹⁸ But Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.

¹⁹ So Rachel died. She was buried beside the road to Ephrath. Ephrath was also called Bethlehem. ²⁰ Jacob set up a stone marker over her tomb. To this day, the stone marks the place where Rachel was buried.

²¹ Israel moved on again. He set up his tent beyond Migdal Eder.