Genesis 35:18 meaning and explanation
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 35:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Rachel is dying in childbirth on the road near Ephrath, later called Bethlehem, as Jacob's family travels from Bethel. With her last breath she names the child Ben-oni, a Hebrew name meaning "son of my sorrow." Jacob renames him Benjamin, commonly understood as "son of the right hand," a name of honor and hope rather than grief.
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