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The Birth of Benjamin and the Death of Rachel

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel was in childbirth, and she had a difficult labour. 17 When she was in her difficult labour, the midwife said to her, ‘Do not be afraid; for now you will have another son.’ 18 As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Ben-oni;[a] but his father called him Benjamin.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:18 That is Son of my sorrow
  2. Genesis 35:18 That is Son of the right hand or Son of the South

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