14. So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it.
15. Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].
16. Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains.
17. During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid! You’re having another son!”
18. Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Benoni [Son of My Sorrow], but his father named him Benjamin [Son of My Right Hand].
19. Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20. Then Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel’s grave today.
21. Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
22. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.Jacob had 12 sons.
23. The sons of Leah wereJacob’s firstborn Reuben, then Simeon,Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24. The sons of Rachel wereJoseph and Benjamin.