Genesis 35:18-20 KJV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 35:1-29

- The Death of Isaac8. 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 furlong (Josephus) a hippodrome (Septuagint) which was somewhat longer, a mile (Kimchi). אפרת 'ephrâth, Ephrath, “fruitful or ashy.”18. בן־אוני ben-'ônı̂y, Ben-oni, “son of my pain.” בנימין bı̂nyāmı̂yn, Binjamin, “son of the right hand.”19. לחם בית bēyt-lechem, Beth-lechem, “house of bread.”21. עדר... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 35:18

Genesis 35:18. As her soul was departing בצאת נפשׁה , when her soul was going out, namely, of the body: an argument this of the soul’s immortality, especially if compared with Ecclesiastes 12:7; from which places collated, we learn both whence it goes, and whither it goes. She called his name Benoni The son of my sorrow. Thus, by her own confession , the gaining her desire became her sorrow: a lively instance this of the folly of inordinately desiring any thing temporal: the object... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 35:19

Genesis 35:19. Rachel was buried in the way to Ephrath Not in the city, though it was near; for in ancient times their sepulchres were not in places of resort, but in places separated and out of the cities, Matthew 27:60; Luke 7:12. If the soul be at rest, the matter is not great where the body lies. In the place where the tree falls there let it lie. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 35:20

Genesis 35:20. Jacob set a pillar upon her grave As a monument, or memorial of her life and death, and as a testimony of her future resurrection. That is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day Unto the time when Moses wrote this book. But it was known to be Rachel’s sepulchre long after, 1 Samuel 10:2, and Providence so ordered it that this place afterward fell into the lot of Benjamin. Jacob set up a pillar in remembrance of his joys, (Genesis 35:14,) and here he sets up one in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:16-29

Further details of Jacob’s family (35:16-29)This section of the history of Israel closes by recording the birth of Jacob’s last son (16-18), the death of Rachel (19-21), the sin of Reuben because of which he lost the birthright (22; cf. 49:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1), the names of Jacob’s twelve sons, who are listed in legal order according to their mothers (23-26), and the death of Isaac (27-29). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 35:18

her soul = her life. Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ), rendered "life" in Genesis 1:20 . in departing = ebbing away, or failing (Genesis 42:28 . Song of Solomon 5:6 ); or ending (Exodus 23:16 ). In Ezekiel 7:10 rendered "gone forth"; Exodus 23:26 . In Ezekiel 26:18 rendered "departure". Ben-oni = Son of my sorrow. Benjamin = Son of my right hand. The word rendered "sorrow" ( 'avon ) is a Homonym, the other meaning being "strength", and is so rendered in Genesis 49:3 .Deuteronomy 21:17 . Job... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 35:19

Beth-lehem = House of bread. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 35:20

grave. Hebrew. keber, first Occurance. Genesis 23:4 . = A sepulchre, from kabar to bury. Not sheol, which = THE grave. Compare App-35 . unto this day. Wellknown in the days of Samuel. See 1 Samuel 10:2 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 35:16-20

"And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. And it came to pass that when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not, for thou shalt have another son. And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem). And Jacob set up a pillar... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 35:18

Genesis 35:18. Her soul was in departing— An expression aptly describing the nature of death, which is the dissolution of the union between soul and body. Ben-oni, &c.— Rachel, to express her sorrow amidst the pangs of child-birth and death, called her son Ben-oni, that is, the son of my sorrow: but Jacob, to avert the evil omen, immediately named him Ben-jamin, i.e.. the son of my right hand, or strength.* And it has been observed, that both names were verified in his posterity; no tribe... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 35:1-29

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 35:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 35:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 35:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:16-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 35:18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 35:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 35:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 35:16-20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 35:18

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