16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance1 from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hhard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have ianother son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;2 but his father called him Benjamin.3 19 So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of jRachel’s tomb, which is there to this day. 21 Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
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