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Genesis 35:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.” "

Genesis 35:17

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15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.

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

17 When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

18 As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

19 Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

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Genesis 35:1

"God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”"

Genesis 35:2

"Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments."

Genesis 35:3

"Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”"

Genesis 35:4

"They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem."

Genesis 35:5

"They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob."

Genesis 35:6

"So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him."

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