Genesis 35:18
Then, when her life was departing because of the pain, and death was now imminent, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my pain. Yet truly, his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right hand.
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19And so Rachel died, and she was buried in the way that leads to Ephrath: this place is Bethlehem.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 42:38But he said: “My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any adversity will befall him in the land to which you travel, you would lead my grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave.”
Genesis 44:27To which he responded: ‘You know that my wife conceived twice by me.
Exodus 12:7And they shall take from its blood, and place it on both the door posts and the upper threshold of the houses, in which they will consume it.
1 Chronicles 4:9But Jabez was renowned, more so than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “For I bore him in sorrow.”
Psalms 80:17And he fed them from the fat of the grain, and he saturated them with honey from the rock.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:17-21
Death of Rachel. ( b. c. 1732.) 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And… Read the whole commentary →