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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.

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◆ Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin

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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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