Genesis 35:18
But she was dying, and with her last breath she named him Benoni. But his father named him Benjamin.
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17When she was in the worst birth-pains, the midwife told her, “Don't give up—you have another son!”
19Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also known as Bethlehem).
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 42:38“My son won't go there with you!” Jacob declared. “His brother is dead, and he's the only one I have left. If anything bad happens to him on the journey you're planning, you'll send this old man to his grave in grief.”
Genesis 44:27Then my father said to us, ‘You realize that my wife had two sons for me.
Exodus 12:7They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they have the meal.
1 Chronicles 4:9Jabez was more faithful to God than his brothers. His mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”
Psalms 80:17Protect the man who stands beside you; strengthen the son you have chosen.
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 →