Genesis 35:16-26

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”
18 As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.[a] But his father named him Benjamin.[b]
19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.
21 Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

Cross References 26

  • 1. ver 19; Genesis 48:7; Ruth 1:2; Ruth 4:11; 1 Samuel 17:12; Micah 5:2
  • 2. S Genesis 29:6
  • 3. Genesis 38:28; Exodus 1:15
  • 4. S Genesis 30:24
  • 5. 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 14:3
  • 6. ver 24; Genesis 42:4; Genesis 43:16,29; Genesis 45:12,14; Genesis 49:27; Numbers 1:36; Deuteronomy 33:12
  • 7. S ver 16
  • 8. Genesis 48:7; Joshua 19:15; Judges 12:8; Judges 17:7; Judges 19:1,18; Ruth 1:1,19; 1 Samuel 17:12; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:16
  • 9. Joshua 4:9; Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:28; Joshua 10:27; 1 Samuel 6:18
  • 10. 1 Samuel 10:2
  • 11. Joshua 15:21
  • 12. S Genesis 22:24; Genesis 49:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1
  • 13. S Genesis 29:29; S Genesis 34:5; S Leviticus 18:8
  • 14. S Genesis 29:16
  • 15. Genesis 43:33; Genesis 46:8
  • 16. S Genesis 29:35
  • 17. S Genesis 30:20
  • 18. S Genesis 30:24
  • 19. S ver 18
  • 20. Genesis 37:2
  • 21. S Genesis 30:8
  • 22. Genesis 37:2
  • 23. S Genesis 30:11
  • 24. S Genesis 30:13
  • 25. S Genesis 34:30; Genesis 46:8; Exodus 1:1-4
  • 26. S Genesis 25:20

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. "Ben-Oni" means "son of my trouble."
  • [b]. "Benjamin" means "son of my right hand."
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