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Genesis 35:17

Comfort

15 Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16 Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

18 And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And it came to pass, when she having difficulty in giving birth, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for also this [is] a son for you.”
ÅB
Og under hennes hårde fødsel sa jordmoren til henne: Frykt ikke; for også denne gang får du en sønn.
OTB
Under hennes intense fødsel sa jordmoren til henne: «Frykt ikke, for du har enda en sønn.»
B1930
Og under hennes hårde fødsel sa jordmoren til henne: Frykt ikke; for også denne gang får du en sønn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 30:24

    She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

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  • 1 Samuel 4:19–21

    Now 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 birth, for her labor pains overtook her.

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