World English Bible
Genesis 35:16
“They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.”
Verse in context — Genesis 35
14
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
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Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel.
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They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
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When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son.
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It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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