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17 When she was in hard labor the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid; you now have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow); but his father called him Benjamin ([a]son of the right hand). 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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  1. Genesis 35:18 This had a positive meaning, like a “right-hand man,” a son in a position of importance and honor.

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