They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 35:16 in context
Genesis 35:13–19
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God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
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Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
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Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
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They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
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When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
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As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
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Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
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