Gen 35:16-19 | ESV | STEP | Then they journeyed from Bethel . When they were still some distance from Ephrath , Rachel went into labor , and she had hard labor .

g Ruth 1:2; 4:11; Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2:6, 16-18

Genesis 35:16-19

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance ^{▼▼Or about two hours’ distance} from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for ^byou have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; ^{▼▼ Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength} ^dbut his father called him Benjamin. ^{▼▼ Benjamin means son of the right hand} 19 So ^fRachel died, and she was buried on the way to ^gEphrath (that is, Bethlehem),