The Death of Rachel (GEN 35:16-21)

[35:16] Jacob and his family left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, the time came for Rachel to have her baby, and she was having difficult labor.

[35:17] When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, “Don't be afraid, Rachel; it's another boy.”

[35:18] But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

[35:19] When Rachel died, she was buried beside the road to Ephrath, now known as Bethlehem.

[35:20] Jacob set up a memorial stone there, and it still marks Rachel's grave to this day.

[35:21] Jacob moved on and set up his camp on the other side of the tower of Eder.

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