The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance[a] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for (A)you have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;[b] (B)but his father called him Benjamin.[c] 19 So (C)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (D)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is (E)the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:16 Or about two hours' distance
  2. Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
  3. Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of the right hand

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