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description: "\"And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benj\" — Read Genesis 35:18-20 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Genesis 35:18-20 in Context (Verses 15–23 KJV)
 
 [15 ](/kjv/genesis/35/15) And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/genesis/35/16) ¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.*
 
 [17 ](/kjv/genesis/35/17) And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/genesis/35/18) And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.**
 
 [19 ](/kjv/genesis/35/19) And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which *is* Beth-lehem.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/genesis/35/20) And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that *is* the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/genesis/35/21) ¶ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/genesis/35/22) And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard *it*. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
 
 [23 ](/kjv/genesis/35/23) The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
 
[Genesis 34](/kjv/genesis/34) [Genesis 36](/kjv/genesis/36)

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