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17 While she was suffering due to her difficult labor, the midwife told her, “Don’t fear! You’re going to have another son.”

18 Just before she died,[a] Rachel called her son’s[b] name Ben-oni,[c] but his father Jacob[d] named him Benjamin.[e] 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrathah, also known as Bethlehem.

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  1. Genesis 35:18 Lit. As her soul was departing while she was dying
  2. Genesis 35:18 Lit. called his
  3. Genesis 35:18 The Heb. name Ben-oni means child of my pain
  4. Genesis 35:18 The Heb. lacks Jacob
  5. Genesis 35:18 The Heb. name Benjamin means child of my right hand