Genesis 35:18
And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
19So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephrath, this is Bethlehem.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 42:38But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.
Genesis 44:27And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
Exodus 12:7And they shall take of the blood, and shall put it on the two doorposts, and on the lintel, in the houses in whichsoever they shall eat them.
1 Chronicles 4:9And Jabez was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one.
Psalms 80:17And he fed them with the fat of wheat; 1 And satisfied them with honey out of 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 →