Genesis 35:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”

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  • Gen 30:24 : 24 She named him Joseph, saying,“May the LORD give me yet another son.”
  • 1 Sam 4:19-21 : 19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her. 20 As she was dying, the women who were there with her said,“Don’t be afraid! You have given birth to a son!” But she did not reply or pay any attention. 21 She named the boy Ichabod, saying,“The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

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  • Gen 35:18-19
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    18With her dying breath, she named him Ben Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.

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

  • Gen 35:16
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    16They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.

  • Gen 38:27-28
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    27When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

    28While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying,“This one came out first.”

  • Gen 30:21-25
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    21After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

    22Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

    23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”

    24She named him Joseph, saying,“May the LORD give me yet another son.”

    25The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.

  • 1 Sam 4:20
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    20As she was dying, the women who were there with her said,“Don’t be afraid! You have given birth to a son!” But she did not reply or pay any attention.

  • Gen 30:5-8
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    5Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

    6Then Rachel said,“God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.

    7Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

    8Then Rachel said,“I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

  • Gen 35:24
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    24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 46:19
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    19The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!”

    2Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

    3She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”

  • Gen 29:31-35
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    31The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

    32So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”

    33She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.

    34She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.

    35She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“This time I will praise the LORD.”That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

  • Gen 25:24
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    24When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 30:17
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    17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

  • Gen 30:19
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    19Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

  • Gen 30:10
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    10Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.

  • Gen 48:7
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    7But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died– to my sorrow– in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath”(that is, Bethlehem).

  • Gen 30:12
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    12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

  • Exod 1:16
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    16“When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”

  • Gen 25:22
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    22But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,

  • 2 Kgs 4:17
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    17The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

  • John 16:21
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    21When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.