King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 35:17
“And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.”
Verse in context — Genesis 35
15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
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And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
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And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
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And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
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And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
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