Genesis 35:9-19
9 God appeared ▼
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Or had appeared
to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; b no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but c Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, d “I am God Almighty:
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Hebrew El Shaddai
be f fruitful and multiply. g A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
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Hebrew from your loins
12 i The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God j went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob k set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him l Bethel. The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance ▼
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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 n you have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;
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Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
p but his father called him Benjamin.
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Benjamin means son of the right hand
19 So r Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to s Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
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