Genesis 35
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Genesis 35:16-26

16Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains.

17During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid! You’re having another son!”

18Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Benoni [Son of My Sorrow], but his father named him Benjamin [Son of My Right Hand].

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

20Then Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel’s grave today.

21Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father’s concubine  Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons.

23The sons of Leah were Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

26The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob’s sons, who were born in Paddan Aram.

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