Genesis 35
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Genesis 35:16-18

16Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”

18As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.

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