Genesis 35:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

It happened that, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."

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  • Gen 30:24 : 24 She named him Joseph,{Joseph means "may he add."} saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."
  • 1 Sam 4:19-21 : 19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her. 20 About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it. 21 She named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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  • Gen 35:18-19
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    18 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni,{"Ben-oni" means "son of my trouble."} but his father named him Benjamin.{"Benjamin" means "son of my right hand."}

    19 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

  • 16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

  • Gen 38:27-28
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    27 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

    28 It happened, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."

  • Gen 30:21-25
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    21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

    22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

    23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

    24 She named him Joseph,{Joseph means "may he add."} saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."

    25 It happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

  • 20 About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.

  • Gen 30:5-8
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    5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

    6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.

    7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

    8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

  • 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

    2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

    3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

  • Gen 29:31-35
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    31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

    32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."

    33 She conceived again, and bare a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

    34 She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

    35 She conceived again, and bare a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

  • 24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

  • 17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

  • 19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

  • 10 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.

  • 7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem)."

  • 12 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.

  • 16 and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

  • 22 The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.

  • 17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.

  • 21 A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.