When Rachel saw that she bore no children for Jacob, Rachel was jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me sons—if there are none, I’ll die!”
Genesis 35:18 - Tree of Life Version Now as her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Ben-Oni, but his father named 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 bore no children for Jacob, Rachel was jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me sons—if there are none, I’ll die!”
While she was struggling to give birth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for this is also a son for you.”
Then Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
But he said, “My son will not go down with you—for his brother is dead and he alone remains. And if harm should happen to him along the way you’re going, you’ll bring my grey hair down to Sheol in grief.”
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob did not send, for he said, “An accident might happen to him.”
May El Shaddai grant you mercy before the man, so that he may release your other brother to you, along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
Benjamin is a ravening wolf— in the morning he devours spoils, and in the evening divides plunder.
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.”
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol nor let Your faithful one see the Pit.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down. They perish from the rebuke of Your face.
They are to take the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the crossbeam of the houses where they will eat it.
They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” as they faint like a wounded soldier in the city squares, as their lives ebb away in their mothers’ bosom.
But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight your soul is being demanded back from you! And what you have prepared, whose will that be?’
And Yeshua, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I entrust My spirit.’” When He had said this, He breathed His last.
They went on stoning Stephen as he was calling out, “Lord Yeshua, receive my spirit!”