Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin
1738 BC traditional (Jones)
- Passage
- Gen 35:16-27
- Places
- Bethel, Ephrath, Bethlehem, Eder, Paddan-aram, Hebron, Mamre, Kiriath-arba
- Before
- Birth of Joseph
- After
- Joseph sold to Egypt
Participants
Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.
Places
Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Bethel
- likely location: Ephrath
- likely location: Bethlehem
- possible location: Eder
- location not graded: Paddan-aram
- likely location: Hebron
- possible location: Mamre
- location not graded: Kiriath-arba
Every verse
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Genesis12 verses
- 35:16
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- 35:17
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
- 35:18
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- 35:20
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
- 35:21
Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
- 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- 35:24
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
- 35:25
The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- 35:26
And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- 35:27
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.