World English Bible
Genesis 35:18
“It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.”
Verse in context — Genesis 35
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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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Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
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Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
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