18 As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.[a](A) But his father named him Benjamin.[b](B)

19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(C) (that is, Bethlehem(D)). 20 Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day(E) that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble.
  2. Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of my right hand.

As I was returning from Paddan,[a](A) to my sorrow(B) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb,(A) at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys(B) you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried(C) about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?”’

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