And about the timeof her deaththe women who stoodby her saidto her, "Do not be afraid,for you have givenbirthto a son."But she did not answeror payattention.
Then they journeyedfrom Bethel;and when there was stillsomedistanceto goto Ephrath,Rachelbegan to givebirthand she sufferedseverelabor.
In the dayof my troubleI soughtthe Lord;In the nightmy handwas stretchedout withoutweariness;My soulrefusedto be comforted.
"Whenevera womanis in laborshe haspain,becauseher hourhas come;but whenshe givesbirthto the child,she no longerremembersthe anguishbecauseof the joythat a childhas been borninto the world.
Now his daughter-in-law,Phinehas'swife,was pregnantand about to givebirth;and when she heardthe newsthat the arkof Godwas takenand that her father-in-lawand her husbandhad died,she kneeleddownand gavebirth,for her painscameupon her.
