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Genesis 35:17
Genesis 35:17 is verse 17 of Genesis chapter 35, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
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Genesis 35:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
16 Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
17 During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
18 And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 30:24She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
1 Samuel 4:19Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
1 Samuel 4:20As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.