Genesis 35:17

וַיְהִי בְהַקְשֹׁתָהּ בְּלִדְתָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ הַמְיַלֶּדֶת אַל ־ תִּירְאִי כִּֽי ־ גַם ־ זֶה לָךְ בֵּֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16וַיִּסְעוּ מִבֵּית אֵל וַֽיְהִי ־ עוֹד כִּבְרַת ־ הָאָרֶץ לָבוֹא אֶפְרָתָה וַתֵּלֶד רָחֵל וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּֽהּ ׃

18וַיְהִי בְּצֵאת נַפְשָׁהּ כִּי מֵתָה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ בֶּן ־ אוֹנִי וְאָבִיו קָֽרָא ־ לוֹ בִנְיָמִֽין ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 30:24וַתִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר יֹסֵף יְהוָה לִי בֵּן אַחֵֽר ׃

1 Samuel 4:20וּכְעֵת מוּתָהּ וַתְּדַבֵּרְנָה הַנִּצָּבוֹת עָלֶיהָ אַל ־ תִּֽירְאִי כִּי בֵן יָלָדְתְּ וְלֹא עָנְתָה וְלֹא ־ שָׁתָה לִבָּֽהּ ׃

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 →

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