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Genesis 35:16-29 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. And she had hard labor.

17. And when her labor was the most difficult the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid for you have another son.”

18. And it happened that when her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19. And Rachel died and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20. And Jacob erected a pillar at her burial site. That is the pillar of the burial site of Rachel unto this day.

21. And Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

22. And while Israel was living in that land Reuben went and had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father’s concubine. And Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

23. The sons of Leah: The firstborn of Jacob was Reuben. Then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

25. The sons of Bilhah, the female servant of Rachel: Dan and Naphtali.

26. The sons of Zilpah, the female servant of Leah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-Aram.

27. And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, or Kiriath-Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac dwelled as aliens.

28. Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.

29. And Isaac passed away and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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