Benjamin Born, Rachel Dies
Genesis 35:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
- ASV
- And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.
- LSV
- and it comes to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife says to her, “Do not fear, for this also [is] a son for you.”
- YLT
- and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, 'Fear not, for this also [is] a son for thee.'
- DBY
- And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.
- DRC
- By reason of her hard labour she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.
- GNV
- And whe she was in paines of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her, Feare not: for thou shalt haue this sonne also.
- JPS
- And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid-wife said unto her: 'Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.'
- LXXE
- And it came to pass in her hard labour, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for thou shalt also have this son.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיְהִ֥י בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּ בְּלִדְתָּ֑הּ וַתֹּ֨אמֶר לָ֤הּ הַמְיַלֶּ֨דֶת֙ אַל־תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י כִּֽי־גַם־זֶ֥ה לָ֖ךְ בֵּֽן׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ σκληρὼς αὐτὴν τίκτειν, εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἡ μαῖα, θάρσει, καὶ γὰρ οὗτός σοι ἐστὶν υἱός.
Who and where
◆ Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MidwiferyMidwifeRachel's TombRaddaiSuccothRachelLaborBenjaminHard; Hardiness; Harddiness; HardlyJacob
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 30:24She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
- 1 Samuel 4:19–21Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave…
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