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Genesis 35:16 KJV
Genesis · chapter 35 · verse 16
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.Genesis 35:16 · King James Version
Genesis 35:16 in context
14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
16And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- journeyednâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pinsH5265 →
- travailedyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- EphrathʼEphrâthEphrath, another name for BethlehemH672 →
- BethelBêyth-ʼÊlBeth-El, a place in PalestineH1008 →
- littlekibrâhproperly, lengthH3530 →
- RachelRâchêlRachel, a wife of JacobH7354 →
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We have here the story of the death of Rachel, the beloved wife of Jacob. 1. She fell in travail by the way, not able to reach to Bethlehem, the next town, though they were near it; so suddenly does pain sometimes come upon a woman in travail, which she cannot escape, or put off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-20