When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. ‘Give me sons, or I will die! ’ she said to Jacob.
Genesis 35:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised With her last breath #– #for she was dying #– #she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as her soul was departing, for she died, she called his name Ben-oni [son of my sorrow]; but his father called him Benjamin [son of the right hand]. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. Common English Bible As her life faded away, just before she died, she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when her life was departing because of the pain, and death was now imminent, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my pain. Yet truly, his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand. |
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. ‘Give me sons, or I will die! ’ she said to Jacob.
During her difficult labour, the midwife said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.’
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem ).
But Jacob answered, ‘My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my grey hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, ‘Something might happen to him.’
May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.’
Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey. In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder.’
Jabez was more honoured than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez and said, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’
They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them.
They cry out to their mothers, ‘Where is the grain and wine? ’ as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their life pours out in the arms of their mothers.
‘But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared #– #whose will they be? ”
And Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.’ , Saying this, he breathed his last.
While they were stoning Stephen, he called out, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! ’