Génesis 35:16

16 Muertes de Raquel e Isaac
Una vez que salieron de Betel, Jacob y su clan avanzaron hacia Efrata; pero Raquel entró en trabajo de parto mientras aún estaban lejos de allí, y sus dolores eran intensos.

Génesis 35:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 35:16

And they journeyed from Bethel
Jacob and his family; how long they stayed there is not certain, some say four months ^F26; hence they removed towards Bethlehem, which was twelve miles from Bethel ^F1, in their way to Hebron: and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath;
or Bethlehem, as it was also called, ( Genesis 35:19 ) ; a mile off of it, according to the Targums of Onkelos and Jerusalem; or about a mile, as Saadiah Gaon; for it was not a precise exact mile, but something less than a mile, as Ben Melech observes; and so Benjamin of Tudela, who was on the spot, says ^F2, that Rachel's grave is about half a mile from Bethlehem. Ben Gersom thinks the word here used signifies cultivated land, and that the sense is, that there were only fields, vineyards, and gardens to go through to the city, see ( Genesis 48:7 ) ( 2 Kings 5:19 ) : and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour;
the time of childbirth was come, and which came suddenly upon her, as travail does, even while journeying, which obliged them to stop; and her pains came upon her, and these very sharp and severe, so that she had a difficult time of it: pains and sorrow in childbearing are the fruit of sin, and more or less attend all in such a circumstance; but, in some, labour is more painful than in others, and more at one time than at another, and is the most painful in women than in other creatures.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 5. 1.
F1 Bunting's Travels, p. 72.
F2 Itinerar. p. 47.

Génesis 35:16 In-Context

14 Jacob levantó una columna conmemorativa para marcar el lugar donde Dios le había hablado. Luego derramó vino sobre la columna como sacrificio a Dios y la ungió con aceite de oliva.

15 Jacob llamó a aquel lugar Betel (que significa «casa de Dios»), porque allí Dios le había hablado.

16 Muertes de Raquel e Isaac
Una vez que salieron de Betel, Jacob y su clan avanzaron hacia Efrata; pero Raquel entró en trabajo de parto mientras aún estaban lejos de allí, y sus dolores eran intensos.

17 Luego de un parto muy difícil, la partera finalmente exclamó: «¡No temas; tienes otro varón!».

18 Raquel estaba a punto de morir, pero con su último suspiro puso por nombre al niño Benoni (que significa «hijo de mi tristeza»). Sin embargo, el padre del niño lo llamó Benjamín (que significa «hijo de mi mano derecha»).