¹⁷ After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Wonderful—another boy!” ¹⁸ And with Rachel’s last breath (for she died) she named him “Ben-oni” (“Son of my sorrow”); but his father called him “Benjamin” (“Son of my right hand”).

¹⁹ So Rachel died, and was buried near the road to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).