And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
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Gill's Exposition
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. Hence called Bethlehem Ephratah, Mic 5:2; with great pertinency is Rachel represented as if risen from her grave, and weeping…
- 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…
Adam Clarke
As her soul was in departing - Is not this a proof that there is an immortal spirit in man, which can exist separate from and independent of the body? Of Rachel's death it is said, בצאת נפשה betseth…
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
her soul The nephesh, or "soul," the vital principle: cf. 1Ki 17:21, "let this child's soul come unto him again."
Ben-oni i.e. the son of my sorrow. Rachel, as she dies, names her son; but the father…
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