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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,[a] but his father named him Benjamin.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 35:18 “Benoni” means “son of my trouble”.
  2. 35:18 “Benjamin” means “son of my right hand”.