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.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, for she died,.... In childbirth; she had most passionately desired children, without which she could not live with ease and peace of mind, and now…
- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה kı̂brâh, “length stretch.” A certain but unknown distance, a stadium or…
We have here the story of the death of Rachel, the beloved wife of Jacob. 1. She fell in travail by the way, not able to reach to Bethlehem, the next town, though they were near it; so suddenly does…
Cambridge Bible
another son Lit. "for this also is a son for thee." Perhaps the reference is to Rachel's prayer (Gen 30:24), "the Lord add to me another son," when Joseph was born.